SAE Supermileage Competition
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The SAE Supermileage Competition is a yearly fuel efficiency competition held near Detroit, Michigan. 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.[citation needed]
In the Collegiate division, the winning mileage of the 2008 competition was achieved by the team from Laval University located in Quebec City, Quebec, achieving 3169 miles per US gallon (0.07422 L/100 km; 3,806 mpg-imp).
In the High school division, the winning mileage of the 2008 competition was 1716 miles per US gallon (0.1371 L/100 km; 2,061 mpg-imp), achieved by the team from Mater Dei High School of Evansville, Indiana. Mater Dei also captured first place in the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 competitions in the High school division.[citation needed]
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