With summer approaching and gas prices nearing $4 in my part of the country, we are all looking for alternative methods of fuel to help keep our own personal costs down. Well here is a competition that aimed to do that. It is called Challenge X. 17 Teams across the country all looking to re-engineer a GM Equinox, which is an SUV. During the re-engineering process, teams are looking to minimize energy consumption, minimize emissions, while maintaining the vehicles performance.


Sponsored by GM, the competition has lasted the past three years with each year focusing on a different aspect of the car. The competition recently concluded with teams traveling from coast-to-coast in their new cars with the competition ending in D.C. Here are the final standings along with the teams participating

1. Mississippi State University
2. UW Madison
3. Ohio State
4. University of Waterloo
5. University of Tulsa
6. Penn State
7. University of Tennessee
8. Virginia Tech
9. University of Texas at Austin
10. University of Akron
11. Texas Tech
12. West Virginia
13. San Diego State
14. Rose-Hulman Technological Institute
15. Michigan Tech
16. University of California-Davis
17. University of Michigan

I recommend checking out the Challenge X website here and looking at the teams page. From there, you can go and see all the different cars and read about how they are improving the fuel economy.