SAE Supermileage Competition
The SAE Supermileage Competition is a yearly fuel efficiency competition held at the Eaton Corporation proving grounds located in Marshall, Michigan, United States. The Society of Automotive Engineers is the primary sponsor. Around 30 teams compete to build the vehicle that uses the least amount of gas to go a specified distance. Teams are required to use a one cylinder lawnmower engine provided by Briggs & Stratton, but significant modification is allowed. There are two divisions, Collegiate and High School.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In the Collegiate division, the winning team of Laval University in 2016 achieved a record setting 3,788 miles per US gallon. The winning mileage of the 2008 competition was achieved by the team from Laval University located in Quebec City, Canada, achieving Script error: No such module "convert".. In the 2010 event, Université Laval achieved the first position with Script error: No such module "convert"., followed by University of Ottawa with Script error: No such module "convert"., Northern Illinois University with Script error: No such module "convert"., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with Script error: No such module "convert". and École de Technologie Supérieure with Script error: No such module "convert"..
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