Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech is exhibiting on Feb. 26th

The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech is a competitive engineering team. HEVT is currently participating in the three-year competition, EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, which is sponsored mostly by the Department of Energy and General Motors. The main goals of EcoCAR are to convert a donated GM vehicle into a fully functional alternative-energy vehicle that maximizes efficiency and minimizes harmful emissions while maintaining consumer acceptability. HEVT's vehicle is a plug-in hybrid that uses e-85 ethanol instead of traditional fuel since it is renewable and burns cleaner. HEVT loves to take their vehicle into the community not only to show off the hard work of the engineers, but to educate the public about hybrids and "green" vehicle technology. At Kids' Tech, HEVT will have toy hybrid cars to help demonstrate the idea of using two energy sources as well as other resources to help the public understand more about the project.