Event Location:
Eaton Corp.
19218 B Drive South
Marshall, MI
*Competition venue is not open to the general public.
2019 Event Date Announced—The 2019 SAE Supermileage competition has announced for June 6-7. Online registration will open Oct. 4, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Please be patient with us over the next few months as we begin to update sae.org to reflect the 2019 event information and deadlines. Additional instructions and information about online registration will follow. Please keep in mind that these dates are subject to change.
SAE Supermileage is an engineering design competition for undergraduate and graduate students. The program provides participants with the opportunity to enhance their engineering design and project management skills by applying learned classroom theories in a challenging competition. The engineering design goal for SAE Supermileage is to develop and construct a single-person, fuel-efficient vehicle that complies with the competition rules. The vehicles will run a specified course to obtain the highest combined kilometers per liter (miles per gallon) rating; students will be exposed to a design segment consisting of a written report and verbal presentation.
Students have the opportunity to set a world fuel economy record and increase public awareness of fuel economy.
First Competition—1980
Organizing Institutions—SAE International and Eaton Corp.
| 1980 Competition Data | Number of registered teams: Not available Number of participating students: Not available |
| 2017 Competition Data | Number of registered teams: 23; onsite: 17 Number of participating students onsite: 165 Site: Eaton Proving Grounds, Marshall, MI, USA |
Note: From 1984 through 1996, Supermileage was organized as two competitions, Supermileage and West Coast Supermileage. Beginning with the 1997 event, only a single competition has been organized.