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November 30, 2008

Photo by Ryan McGeeney

Lou McKown, Downingtown, Penn. senior, left, and Gavin Strunk, Wichita senior, push a stripped 1974 VW Super Beetle toward a tow truck on Nov. 24. As members of a mechanical engineering project called the EcoHawks, McKown and Strunk are taking steps toward transforming the vehicle into a fuel-neutral hybrid vehicle that will use an interchangeable engine block concept to reach a fuel efficiency standard of 500 miles per gallon.

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