HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-037-05/20/2014-ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL ECOCAR2 COMPETITI RESOLUTION 2014-037
OF THE COUNCIL OF CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL ECOCAR2 COMPETITION
WHEREAS, the City has adopted a goal'of achieving a community-wide greenhouse gas
emission reduction of 20% by 2020 and set a planning object to achieve 80% by 2030 (relative to
2005 levels), with a further planning objective of achieving carbon neutrality (a return to 2005
levels) by 2050; and .
WHEREAS„ development of new technologies for the reduction of greenhouse gas
impacts of vehicles is an important factor in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Fort Collins
and on a broader scale; and
WHEREAS, the EcoCAR2 national competition ("EcoCAR2") is an advanced vehicle
technology competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors, and
dozens of other sponsors; and
WHEREAS, the goal of EcoCAR2 is to develop an engineering workforce to solve
upcoming product development and design challenges, and in particular to challenge fifteen
undergraduate programs across the county to design, develop and test a high technology, high
efficiency hybrid electric vehicle; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado State University •(CSU) Vehicle Innovation Team from the
CSU Mechanical Engineering Department, has engaged over 100 CSU students over the past two
years to prepare for the EcoCAR2 challenge to reduce the environmental impact of a Chevrolet
Malibu without compromising performance, safety and consumer acceptability; and
WHEREAS, CSU's EcoCAR program is housed in the new Powerhouse Campus, located
in the original City Power Plant building, now leased by the City for CSU's use; and
WHEREAS, the EcoCAR2 competition will be held in Milford, Michigan, and
Washington, D.C., from June 1 to June 12, 2014, and will consist of more than a dozen dynamic
and static events that will assist the teams to refine their vehicles into near-production prototype
vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the EcoCAR2 program and the work of the CSU Team will help to advance
vehicle efficiency design and related technologies and ultimately help to reduce our reliance on
fossil fuels.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City Council hereby endorses and supports the participation of the
CSU EcoCAR2 Team in the 2014 EcoCAR2 Ride and Drive event in, Washington, D.C., and the
continued efforts of CSU and the EcoCAR program to promote vehicle efficiency design and
related technologies and ultimately help to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels,
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
20th day of May, A.D. 2014.
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