SAE Supermileage Competition

The SAE Supermileage Competition is a yearly fuel efficiency competition held at the Eaton Corporation proving grounds located in Marshall, Michigan, United States. 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.

In the Collegiate division, the winning team of Laval University in 2016 achieved a record setting 3,788 miles per US gallon. The winning mileage of the 2008 competition was achieved by the team from Laval University located in Quebec City, Canada, achieving 3169 mpgus. In the 2010 event, Université Laval achieved the first position with 2340 mpgus, followed by University of Ottawa with 1486 mpgus, Northern Illinois University with 1265 mpgus, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with 1262 mpgus and École de Technologie Supérieure with 1044 mpgus.

In the High School division, the winning mileage of the 2008 competition was 1716 mpgus, 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. . Since 2009, however, High School division is no longer acknowledged in the event, Collegiate Division being the only category left.