greenThe Green Scene
The Green Scene blog is dedicated to the go green movement encompassing renewable energy, sustainable living and environmental awareness across North Carolina.

N.C. State University to receive vehicle for 'EcoCAR' challenge

A team of engineering students from North Carolina State University will receive a donated vehicle from General Motors on Friday afternoon at the N.C. Solar House at 1201 Gorman St.

Over the next two years, the students will transform the vehicle into the next generation “EcoCAR” as part of environmental-focused contest.

EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge asks 17 universities across the U.S. and Canada to redesign and reengineer a GM vehicle to further minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal.
 

Read More Posts from this Blog
Share:  

1 Comment


Golo

Welcome to GOLO, where WRAL.com visitors can comment on stories and create profile pages, blogs and photo galleries.

You must be a registered WRAL.com user to use these tools. Click here to register or log in.

View Comments View Comments


page 1
sort order: oldest first | newest first

"retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal. "

If GM had consumer appeal the Government would not have had to bail them out.

Keep free enterprise strong, Buy a Ford.

page 1
sort order: oldest first | newest first

This blog post is closed for comments.

Featured Blogposts
  1. UNC Defeats Duke
    FANkind
    Jay Williams says Duke-UNC game is louder in Chapel Hill

  2. Weeble Wobble
    FANkind
    N.C. State looks to the Weebles Wobble

  3. Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog
    Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog
    Snow-lapse video


Other Recent Blogposts
  1. WRAL WeatherCenter Blog: El Nino: Gold, Silver, Bronze or Tin?

  2. Bill Leslie's Carolina Conversations: Things That Make Me Laugh

  3. Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog: Carrot clarinet

  4. WRAL WeatherCenter Blog: Some Feathery Frost

  5. Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog: What you thought you knew about the Revolutionary War