06/10/2026
Congratulations to MSU’s EcoCAR for completing the 4-year EcoCAR Mobility Challenge!
They finished 7th overall with 593.1 total points / 1000, recording 20 finishes of 4th place or better including 11: 1st place finishes, 1: 2nd place finish, 2: 3rd place finishes and 6: 4th place finishes. MSU’s strongest results were concentrated in required submissions/status items, several dynamic-event components at the year 4 final competition and the Mobility Challenge deliverables.
They also won the team collaboration award! This is a big deal, and the other teams gave them a standing ovation for this.
They received a large, wrestling-style belt as the team that worked hardest and cleared all critical DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes). They were tied with McMaster and just edged them out on this.
Award details and top finishes:
Acronyms:
GGB: Green Garage Block
CARB: California Air Resources Board
CAV: Connected and Automated Vehicle
CACC: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
PropSys: Propulsion System
VTS: Vehicle Technical Specifications
IVM: Initial Vehicle Movement
SMV: System Modeling and Verification
1st Place Finishes (11)
• Communications, GGB 1
• Communications, SMV 1
• Communications, SMV 2
• Communications, Youth Outreach
• Dynamic Events, CARB CAV Energy Consumption
• Dynamic Events, CARB Trapezoid Energy Consumption
• Engineering, CARB Pre-Submissions
• Engineering, Fall Workshop Pre-Submissions
• Mobility Challenge, Mobility Challenge Video
• Mobility Challenge, Refinement Plan Progress Call
• Project Management, Team Closeout
2nd Place Finish (1)
• Dynamic Events, CARB (California Air Resources Board) CAV Energy Consumption AIN,
Relative
3rd Place Finishes (2)
• Dynamic Events, PropSys VTS Evaluation
• Mobility Challenge, Final Design and Real-World Validation Report
4th Place Finishes (6)
• Dynamic Events, Acceleration 50-70
• Dynamic Events, Acceleration IVM-60
• Dynamic Events, CARB CAV Energy Consumption CACC
• Dynamic Events, CAV VTS Evaluation
• Engineering, Fall Technical Design Review
• Engineering, Spring Technical Design Review
Mississippi State University Mississippi State University Ecocar Mobility Challenge Robert A. Green