A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering Team  won the 2015 Electric Mobility Canada Student Competition, an event co-sponsored by AddÉnergie and Electric Mobility Canada. The award came with a $4,500 charging station for À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
At the competition held in Halifax teams were presented with an electric vehicle (EV) power train configuration and battery charging issue to resolve. Each team prepared a presentation of its issue, a solution and a plan for adoption. The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ team proposed a Metal/Air – LiIon Hybrid vehicle as the technical solution:Â
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s eight-member team was made up of chemical engineering and mechanical engineering undergraduates who are members of the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT).  Team advisors were Michael Fowler, a chemical engineering professor, and Caixia (Megan) Wang, a chemical engineering master's candidate. Â