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EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future
SPONSORSHIP BROCHURE
North America’s Premier Collegiate Automotive Engineering Competition
BACKGROUND EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future is the latest Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) series managed by Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The three-year competition series is sponsored by DOE, General Motors, and more than two dozen government and industry leaders. E coCAR 2 challenges 15 North American universities to reduce the environmental impact of a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu by increasing the vehicle’s energy efficiency and reducing its emissions and petroleum consumption while maintaining its consumer acceptability and safety. In short, EcoCAR 2 students engineer a highly refined vehicle to “near showroom” quality and performance.
www.ecocar2.org
VISION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES The overall vision of EcoCAR 2 is to provide a unique real-world educational opportunity for university students to participate in hands-on automotive research and development at the leading edge of technology by using industry standard practices and state of the art tools and facilities.
Technical Goals The technical goals are to design and integrate vehicle powertrains that, when compared to the production gasoline vehicle: 4 Incorporate technologies that reduce petroleum energy consumption on the basis of a total fuel cycle Well-to-Wheel (WTW) analysis; 4 Increase vehicle energy efficiency; 4 Reduce WTW Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and criteria emissions; 4 Maintain consumer acceptability in the areas of performance, utility, and safety.
Cross Disciplinary Focus 4 EcoCAR 2 students are recruited from a variety of disciplines, including mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science, and other scientific disciplines as well as business, communications, and art/graphic design, to support the full scope of the cross-disciplinary focus of EcoCAR 2. 4 EcoCAR 2 goes beyond just engineering with major emphasis on business and program management, and also includes a communications component to help educate and raise awareness about the benefits of advanced vehicle technology and how it reduces the overall impact of transportation on the environment.
Vehicle Architectures All Student designed EcoCAR 2 vehicles are Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), which deplete an on-board battery to displace vehicle fuel. The powertrain components are configured to drive the vehicle in five unique combinations: 4 Split-Parallel powertrains utilize a belted-alternator starter to charge the on-board battery, start the engine, and provide additional power for acceleration. With this configuration, a separate traction motor provides additional power to the wheels. 4 Series-Parallel powertrains have the ability to couple and de-couple the engine from the wheels while still providing electrical power from the on-board battery to drive a traction motor. 4 Parallel through the Road powertrains utilize electrical energy to power one axle, while an engine drives another axle. 4 S eries powertrains consist of one or more electric motors driving the wheels, powered by the on-board battery. An engine-generator combination is decoupled from the wheels at all times, and provides supplemental electrical power to drive the vehicle when needed. 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Series powertrains utilize a chemical reaction to convert hydrogen into electricity. The fuel cell supplements the on-board battery, which powers one or more electric motors to drive the wheels.
EcoCAR 2 Teams
YEARLY FOCUS
California State University, Los Angeles Colorado State University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Mississippi State University North Carolina State University The Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Purdue University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Victoria University of Washington University of Waterloo Virginia Tech Wayne State University
EcoCAR 2 is a three-year collegiate competition that mimics the General Motors Vehicle Development Process (VDP). The key focus of each year is: Year 1 Modeling, Simulation & Design Year 2 Subsystem Development & Integration into a Mule Vehicle Year 3 Vehicle Refinement & Outreach Year One of the competition series emphasizes the engineering and design of the team’s vehicles including selecting and modifying their designed vehicle architecture as well as control strategy development through the use of Controller Hardware-In-The-Loop tools. Teams also design major subsystems, including hybrid powertrain, energy storage, thermal management, and high power electrical systems. uring Years Two and Three, students will build the vehicle designed D through their modeling efforts in Year One and continue to refine their simulation, testing, and hardware control efforts while improving vehicle efficiency and functionality. Teams will deliver a running mule vehicle in Year Two. Year Three will focus on improving the operation of their vehicles and refining and validating the vehicle simulation models with test data from the vehicles they have built.
CONTACT Kristen De La Rosa, Director Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions Center for Transportation Research Argonne National Laboratory kdelarosa@anl.gov
4 EcoCAR 2 is headline sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and more than two dozen government and industry leaders. 4 Sponsors have the opportunity to recruit from hundreds of North America’s top graduates in the field of engineering, business and communications. These students carry with them not only a passion for advanced vehicle technologies but the hands-on experience with these technologies as well as the latest industry practices and tools. 4 Sponsors also have the opportunity to donate their products, provide training, and foster a cooperative mentoring and educational opportunity for the EcoCAR students that they will take with them into their careers. 4 Sponsors are able to showcase their products and how they perform during rigorous and innovative applications, to fellow sponsors and their customers as well as the media. 4 EcoCAR 2 also provides sponsors with the opportunity to gain high profile visibility within the automotive and government community and to the media. 4 Sponsorship opportunities include (activities are dependent on sponsorship levels): - Marketing: Opportunity to showcase your products - P R/Visibility: Organization’s presence on the EcoCAR 2 website, print materials, and competition programs, company’s logo on the team vehicle, and table top exhibits at Sponsor Socials - Recruiting: Opportunity to post job announcements to student SharePoint, receive resume CDs, and attend 1-3 annual recruiting events -C omplimentary passes to EcoCAR workshops and final competition where sponsors can judge the universities as they compete in EcoCAR events - T itle sponsor your own award showcasing your company’s products
EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future
SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS
Three-Year Competition Sponsorship Levels CASH REQUIREMENTS
For more information about our current sponsors, visit
www.ecocar2.org/sponsors
Bronze.................... $10K Silver...................... $30K Gold........................ $50K Platinum............... $100K Diamond............... $300K es_sponbro_1112_SS
(In-kind is weighted separately)