WWU-built car enters final stage of $10 million X-Prize

Western Washington University is just one of 12 teams left in the international competition to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle that consumers would actually want to drive.

Getting this far is no small feat for the team and its Viking 45, which started the finals phase of the Progressive Automotive X Prize contest Monday, July 19, at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. The sporty coupe was built by undergraduate students and faculty in WWU's Vehicle Research Institute.