In 2010, a small group of University of Michigan students formed a team with the goal of designing the most fuel-efficient internal combustion concept car in North America. These original eleven students attempted to answer one question: what would it take to create a vehicle capable of achieving over 3,000 miles per gallon? When our team came into being, the North American record was 3,169 mpg, and we knew that our challenge was to beat that record and to achieve competitive success in fuel economy competitions such as SAE Supermileage (our namesake competition) and the Shell Eco-Marathon. Currently, the University of Michigan Supermileage Team only competes in the Shell Eco-Marathon but will be competing with two cars in the 2021 year! One car will be competing in the electric motor category of the Prototype division and the other will be competing in the Urban Concept division with internal combustion engine propulsion.