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Western Washington University has organized a Friday, Oct. 8, celebration of its Vehicle Research Institute team, which made it to the finals of a $10 million international competition to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle.

WWU X-Prize Team Day begins at 2 p.m. on the campus Performing…

Western Washington University will host X-Prize Team Day at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, on the campus' Performing Arts Center Plaza to recognize the accomplishments of the team from the university's Vehicle Research Institute and its incredible run through the Progressive Automotive X-…

Professor Eric Leonhardt and his students at Western Washington University's Vehicle Research Institute have built a hybrid car that gets the equivalent of 94 miles a gallon while using a fuel made from a plentiful local waste product: cow manure. The most revolutionary aspect of this…

Funding for the Automotive X Prize comes from Progressive Insurance, with additional funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Cisco and private donors. Among the entrants that did not make it to the podium were cars from Cornell and Western Washington University, Tata Motors, Tango Commuter…

Cheaper Solar Power? Western Washington University researchers say they've come up with a solar power innovation that could cut costs dramatically and enable solar panels to collect energy on cloudy days.

A team of Western Washington University researchers have developed a new approach to solar electricity generation they say could eventually cut solar power to 1/10th of its current cost.

The team recently won a three-year grant of $970,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue…

Progressive Insurance, the country's fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.