Facilities and Labs
CAR is housed in a 56,000-square-foot facility located along the Technology Corridor on the university’s West Campus. Prominent features include:
- Engine and chassis dynamometer
- Laboratories focusing on alternative fuel and exhaust after-treatment, combustion and flow
- High voltage power electronics
- Networking and communications
- Battery testing, aging and characterization facilities
- High performance computing for modeling and simulation
Ohio State’s Motorsports program, dedicated to student automotive projects, is proudly headquartered at CAR. Projects include
- Baja Buckeyes
- Buckeye Current Electric Motorcycle
- Ohio State EcoCAR
- Formula Buckeyes
- Buckeye AutoDrive
- Buckeye Solar Racing
- Venturi Buckeye Bullet