For the third consecutive year, a team from Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, placed first and set the all-time event record by achieving 3,788 miles per gallon (mpg) with their student-designed vehicle at the SAE Supermileage Competition.
“I can’t count the number of hours we put into this. Overall, I think we had a good idea, good design and good team,” said Julien St. Hilaire, a Université Laval team member.
There were 21 teams who came to Eaton’s Marshall Proving Grounds, 17 who completed the technical inspection (10 from the United States, five from Canada, one from India, and one from Lebanon), and 12 who had successful fuel economy attempts.
Two new teams at this year’s event from Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women and Texas A&M University competed with all-female team members. Michigan-based University of Detroit Mercy and Lawrence Technological University demonstrated growth in their second year of attendance by improving upon their previous results.
