Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions

North America's Premier Collegiate Automotive Engineering Competitions

Managed by Argonne National Laboratory

About AVTCs

We are North America’s premier collegiate automotive engineering competitions. Established in 1988 as a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions create a pipeline for workforce development and future automotive engineers. With more than 32,000 alumni in the industry, AVTCs build a skilled workforce to help maintain the U.S.’ competitive edge in the global automotive marketplace. 

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Just The Facts

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Year History

For 36 years, AVTCs have provided students with real-world, hands-on experience tackling the latest engineering challenges.

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Educational Institutions

Students from 100+ North American educational institutions have participated in AVTCs.

32,000

Alumni

AVTCs have seeded more than 32,000 graduates into industry, helping the U.S. maintain its competitive edge in the global automotive marketplace.

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Argonne National Laboratory has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for university teams to participate in a new North American collegiate competition that fosters the next generation for mobility innovators.

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Collegiate Competitions

EcoCAR EV Challenge Logo

A four-year engineering competition challenging 15 North American universities to engineer a Cadillac LYRIQ, utilizing automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity to implement connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, and other innovative technologies to analyze energy efficiency, leading to greater transportation energy affordability, reliability, and security.

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Battery Workforce Challenge Logo

A three-year immersive engineering competition that challenges North American universities and their community college partners to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery pack into a Stellantis vehicle. Teams gain valuable engineering skills that transcend the classroom environment.

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AVTC Sponsors

Sponsors provide the hardware, software, training and support the teams need to integrate technologies into their competition vehicles. This arrangement gives students access to components and systems that might otherwise be unavailable or too expensive.

BattChallenge Sponsors EcoCAR Sponsors

Recent AVTC News

Battery Workforce Challenge

BattChallenge alum Jasper Halford’s helping lower barriers for consumers in new Stellantis gig

October 29, 2025
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Batt News

Legacy EV joins as BattChallenge sponsor, provides hands-on high-voltage safety training

October 23, 2025
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Batt News

Building on his BattChallenge experience: David DeLisle joins Stellantis as cell product engineer

October 22, 2025
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AVTC News

EcoCAR Innovation Challenge Unveiled

September 30, 2025
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Batt News

From competing to overseeing: Brian Castillo unpacks new Stellantis battery validation engineer role

September 16, 2025
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Green Garage Blogs

EcoCAR

Where Are They Now: MSU’s Jagdeo Singh

September 18, 2025
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EcoCAR

Where Are They Now: OSU’s Ian Campbell and Dominic Dallago

September 9, 2025
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Batt Challenge

McMaster & Mohawk making strides in year two

July 29, 2025
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Batt Challenge

JSU & Hinds’ year two in a nutshell

July 22, 2025
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Where Are They Now

Where Are They Now: UA’s Oakley Prell

July 21, 2025
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