SAE Supermileage Competition

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.

[citation needed] In the Collegiate division, the winning team of Laval University in 2016 achieved a record setting 3,788 miles per US gallon.

In the High School division, the winning mileage of the 2008 competition was 1,716 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.