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Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions North America's Premier Collegiate Automotive Engineering Competitions We are North America’s premier collegiate automotive engineering competitions.
Established in 1988 as a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions create a pipeline for workforce development and future automotive engineers. With more than 32,000 alumni in the industry, AVTCs build a skilled workforce to help maintain the U.S.’ competitive edge in the global automotive marketplace.
For 36 years, AVTCs have provided students with real-world, hands-on experience tackling the latest engineering challenges. Students from 100+ North American educational institutions have participated in AVTCs. AVTCs have seeded more than 32,000 graduates into industry, helping the U.S. maintain its competitive edge in the global automotive marketplace.
Interested in the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge? Argonne National Laboratory has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for university teams to participate in a new North American collegiate competition that fosters the next generation for mobility innovators.
A four-year engineering competition challenging 15 North American universities to engineer a Cadillac LYRIQ, utilizing automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity to implement connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, and other innovative technologies to analyze energy efficiency, leading to greater transportation energy affordability, reliability, and security.
A three-year immersive engineering competition that challenges North American universities and their community college partners to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery pack into a Stellantis vehicle. Teams gain valuable engineering skills that transcend the classroom environment. Sponsors provide the hardware, software, training and support the teams need to integrate technologies into their competition vehicles.
This arrangement gives students access to components and systems that might otherwise be unavailable or too expensive.
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