X-Prize: WWU's VRI team eliminated from X-Prize Finals

The team from Western Washington University is officially out of the Progressive Insurance Automotive “X” Prize competition.

WWU’s Vehicle Research Institute car, the Viking 45, wasn’t able to pass the “accident avoidance maneuver” or the “60-to-0 MPH braking test” on Monday.

Eric Leonhardt is the director of the Vehicle Research Institute – he says it was great to be around some top companies.

“Companies such as Aptera, which is a start-up company that really hopes to be one of the first successful start-up electric car companies in the modern era, and they have a great product,” he said.