Our clean diesel engine recently arrived from GM in a quite large box. The team not only received the engine but also numerous components required. The engine is a 1.3L Bio-diesel engine which will be connected to a permanent magnet generator which will charge the battery. The team has the challenging opportunity to assemble the engine as they transfer vehicle. Stay posted for pictures of the process.

Its day three of the EcoCAR Challenge 2010 winter workshop in Daytona Beach, FL. Day two went well at the HIL presentation. We went to the Daytona 500 Experience and had a great time at the sponsor social hosted by Argonne National Laboratory.

The winter workshop is providing an opportunity for the team to prepare for the upcoming semester. Technical sessions and training are being provided for us to ensure that all team’s vehicles will pass inspection in March and be properly prepped for the upcoming year two competition finals this summer in Yuma, AZ.

NCSU would like to thank Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) for hosting such an awesome trip down south in Florida (better than the super cold at home). Its gorgeous out here.

The NC State team has worked strenuously throughout the semester to transform our GM Donated vehicle to an Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). So far the team has, emoved majority of the interior of the vehicle as well as its original engine and transmission. The lithium ion batteries recently arrived from A123 Systems, so thanks to their sponsorship of to our project, the team can now continue forward in the transformation process. Below are a few images of the vehicle being converted.

Vehicle on lift

Original vehicle engine/transmission before removal

Looking up after removing original powertrain, there were so many wires!

Original vehicle engine/transmission removed successfully