Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Hydrogen , GM Last spring, General Motors wrapped up the fou- year Challenge X program where 17 university teams from the United States and Canada competed to design and build a hybrid drive Chevrolet Equinox . At the conclusion of Challenge X, GM announced that the follow-up competition would be called EcoCar . This time around the teams will be working with Saturn Vues and they will have the option of four different directions they can go with propulsion. Teams can build a plug-in hybrid electric with internal combustion, a fuel cell plug-in hybrid, an extended range EV or a full-function EV with a minimum 100-mile electric range. All the vehicles have to have plug-in capability and retain the performance and safety expected in a modern vehicle. The competition will run for three years and, inspired by the all the inventors that have worked out of garages over the years, the official site for the competition has been name the Green Garage . Gallery: Washington 2009: Saturn Vue PHEV project [Source: General Motors ] Continue reading General Motors launches ChallengeX followup: EcoCar, the NeXt Challenge General Motors launches ChallengeX followup: EcoCar, the NeXt Challenge originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green

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General Motors launches ChallengeX followup: EcoCar, the NeXt Challenge