Washington – The U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and Natural Resources
Canada today announced the 17 teams selected to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt
Challenge, a collegiate vehicle engineering competition set to begin in the Fall of 2008.
EcoCAR will challenge university engineering students across North America to re-
engineer a Saturn VUE to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced green house gas
emissions, while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal.