Dearborn high school students compete to design dashboards that encourage fuel efficiency

Start 'em young. That's the idea here. Students from Dearborn's Henry Ford Academy have designed a "green-driving dashboard," and it was good enough to get them into the semifinals of a contest funded by the U.S. Energy Department. Green and sustainability will be the future so it's good these kids are starting early.

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A team of students from Dearborn's Henry Ford Academy are semifinalists in a competition to design a "green-driving dashboard" that encourages car owners to be smarter about their fuel habits.

Edmunds.com reports that Henry Ford Academy and two California schools are competing to present their ideas to automobile industry executives. The contest is funded by the U.S. Energy Department and sponsored by Progressive Insurance.

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