SMV Team Wins Another One!

 

Bear, with creators (standing, left to right) James Jenkins, Kevin Ciocia, Matthew Rogge, Benjamin Chui, Suzy Park, Jane Chen, and (kneeling) Rui Lam and Kenneth Hsu

 

UC Berkeley's single-person, fuel-efficient vehicle took first place in a North American competition, with a fuel efficiency of 1,068.69 miles per gallon.

The assembly of the vehicle took a year to complete. Professor Karl Hedrick, chair of the mechanical engineering department, advised the team and several corporations contributed to the $15,000 needed to participate in the competition.

The team's year-long preparation for the big day concluded with a 3-day cross-country journey to Michigan aboard a 12-seat van, armed with a laptop DVD player to shorten the long hours of driving.

Read the following articles for more details and photos:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/06/26_supermileage.html
http://www.dailycal.org/article.asp?id=8856
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/calsmv/