WWU passes technical inspection at X-Prize competition, cleared for efficiency tests Monday
The team of students and faculty members from Western Washington University's Vehicle Research Institute passed a big hurdle yesterday, clearing the technical inspections on Viking 45.
The car is now cleared to compete in the first round of knockout stage testing on Monday, June 21.
For more information on the team, and to track the vehicle's progress live beginning Monday, visit http://auto.xprize.org/teams/western-washington-university?carId=135.
The WWU team is set to compete in the Efficiency Test Urban at 6 a.m. PDT on Monday, June 21. The team then will compete in the Efficiency Test City at 11 a.m. PDT Monday. On Tuesday, at 6 a.m. PDT, the team will undergo the Efficency Test Highway. Here's some info on each of the three tests:
Efficiency Test Urban: This on-road efficiency test mimics the type of efficiency testing that occurs in industry/government testing. The urban portion of the test is 30 miles (15 laps) with two (2) stops per mile or four (4) stops per lap at a average speed of 29 MPH. Your vehicle must achieve at least 67 MPGe and less than or equal to 300g/mile CO2 to continue in the Knockout Event.
Efficiency Test City: This on-road efficiency test mimics the type of efficiency testing that occurs in industry/government testing. The city portion of the test is 16 miles (8 laps) at an average speed of 22 MPH with three (3) stops per mile or six (6) stops per lap. Your vehicle must achieve at least 67 MPGe and less than or equal to 300g/mile CO2 to continue in the Knockout Event.
Efficiency Test Highway: This on-road efficiency test mimics the type of efficiency testing that occurs in industry/government testing. The highway portion of the test is 90 miles (45 laps) at an average speed of 45 MPH with one (1) stop every 10 miles (5 laps). Your vehicle must achieve at least 67 MPGe and less than or equal to 300g/mile CO2 to continue in the Knockout Event.
For more information on the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize competition, here are a few links:
Twitter:
- Follow the WWU X-Prize team: @WWUXPRIZETEAM.
- Follow the Progressive Automotive X-Prize: @progautoxp.
- Conduct a search for hashtag #PIAXP.
- Updates specific to WWU also will be posted on the @wwunews and @WesternToday Twitter feeds.
Facebook:
Blogs:
More:
- Live competition tracker: http://auto.xprize.org/live.
- Competition explanation, rules and events: http://auto.xprize.org/lunar/about/overview.
- Check back here at Western Today for any updates as they come available.
- Check out our videos of Viking 45 in action here, here and here.
- For a handful of photos chronicling students' attempts to get Viking 45 up and running, click here.
- More videos on some of the various tests students performed on parts of Viking 45 and the prototype, Viking 40: