2007 Challenge-X: And the winner is....
Posted Jun 7th 2007 6:17PM by Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Hybrid, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive
... Mississippi State University. The team from Mississippi built a through-the-road parallel hybrid system into an Equinox. The internal combustion engine was a 1.9L Opel turbocharged and direct injected diesel engine driving the front wheels through an automatic transmission and fueled by B20 biodiesel. The MSU vehicle managed a forty-eight percent increase in fuel economy compared to a stock Equinox.
Second place went to the team from University of Wisconsin-Madison that also built a through-the-road diesel parallel hybrid with the same Opel engine. Third place went to Virginia Tech and their 2.3L E85 parallel hybrid. We'll have more details tomorrow along with some driving impressions of some of the vehicles.
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1. Congratulations to Miss. State. These projects are a great way to apply the knowledge you learned in class.
A special shout out to Virginia Tech -who won last year- and placed third this year. VT has had a tough couple months. It's good to see the Hokie Nation as it rolls on.
Posted at 7:54PM on Jun 7th 2007 by A5-14