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Tony Larson wants to join the Whatcom County Council to focus on job creation.
Jean Melious wants to join to work on responsible growth planning and budgets that have the lowest possible effect on taxpayers.
Theresa Sygitowicz wants to bring her "wealth of experience" in community volunteering to the council to help rein in spending.
Strikeforce officials announced Thursday morning the signing of Las Vegas resident Ryan Couture, son of MMA legend Randy Couture, to a multi-fight deal.
Two favored, well-known electric car teams--Aptera and ZAP--competing in the Automotive X Prize failed to finish the final race of the competition, dashing their chances of winning the $2.5 million prize for the side-by-side alternative-class cars.
In the final race, contestants had to complete 50 laps of Michigan International Speedway (MIS), for a total of 100 miles. The car that finished fastest without running out of batteries would win.
With visions of any portion of the $10 million prize slipping away from all but a few, the Progressive Automotive X Prize competitors turned their attention to the commercial future of their cars during Tuesday’s leadership conference at Michigan International Speedway.
The on-track portion of the X Prize competition ended with only five teams in three categories having a realistic shot at the prize money in the quest for 100 miles per gallon (or the equivalent for electric vehicles).
A new boating program in Gig Harbor is catching wind, introducing young boys and girls to sailing.
The weeklong program, spearheaded by the Gig Harbor Yacht Club and two-year member Manfred Schmiedl, began in late June and will run throughout August. The club has received donations to help launch the first sailing program in Gig Harbor.
Western Washington University’s bid to win an international contest to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle ended yesterday when its Viking 45 sports car failed on-track tests at Michigan International Speedway.
The $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition finished up its final on-track round, and the results are clear: If anyone is going to win the $5 million contest for four-seat cars, it's going to be the Virginia-based Edison2 team. If anyone is going to win the $2.5 million contest for alternative two-seat tandem vehicles, it's going to be the Swiss X-Tracer team. It's only the last $2.5 million - set aside for two-seat, side-by-side cars - that is up for grabs.
Western Washington University's bid to win an international contest to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle ended Monday, July 26, when its car failed two driving tests at the Michigan International Speedway.
The team was in the second week of the finals phase of the Progressive Automotive X Prize in Brooklyn, Mich. Its Viking 45 is a sporty coupe built by undergraduate students and faculty in WWU's Vehicle Research Institute.
Western Washington University’s car was the last hybrid standing. The all-carbon-fiber car used a 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine, with an electric motor and battery pack from a Honda Insight driving the rear wheels. In addition, it had its own dedicated battery electric drivetrain powering the front wheels
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.