Vehicle Research Institute
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| X Prize Winners Named, Getting Millions | 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… |
2010-09-20 | |
| Winners announced in X Prize competition to build super fuel-efficient vehicles | 2010-09-17 | ||
| Automotive X-Prize Winners Share $10 Million For 100MPG Car Designs | One of those companies, I would like to add as a personal note, was one composed mostly of students from Western Washington University and led in part by my step-brother, Eric Leonhardt. Their Viking 45 gas-electric hybrid (second row, on the right above) made it all the way to the finals. I… |
2010-09-16 | |
| X Prize Marks Fuel-Efficiency Spot For Future Cars | Oliver Kuttner and his team of designers have seen the future of fuel-efficient cars topping the dreamed-of mark of 100 miles per gallon. This week, the Edison2 team is being rewarded for its vision with half of the $10 million X Prize. To get into the Edison2's four-seater gas-… |
2010-09-16 | |
| 3 Teams Win Fuel-Efficient Car Prize | Teams from Virginia, North Carolina and Winterthur, Switzerland, with roots in the world of auto racing have won the first Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, the $10 million competition aimed at advancing the technology for more fuel-efficient vehicles. |
2010-09-16 | |
| Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Award up to $10 Million on September 16 in Washington, D.C. Ceremony | 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. Up to $10 million… |
2010-09-15 | |
| Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Award up to $10 Million on September 16 | 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. |
2010-09-13 | |
| Bellingham man's car goes from Canada to Mexico on one tank of fuel | Bellingham resident Craig Henderson has driven the car he built in the 1980s from Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel, getting an average of 119.1 miles per gallon, he said, and shattering the old record the car set back in 1986. Henderson started his border-to-border drive Sunday, Aug… |
2010-09-08 | |
| MAX Update No. 57: The Avion Goes 100+ MPG from Canada to Mexico | Craig Henderson is my hero. He was an automotive technology student at Western Washington University when he and his friend, Bill Green, designed and built the Avion. Other than paint and graphics, it doesn't look much different than it did in 1986, when it first broke 100 mpg on the… |
2010-09-08 | |
| Western Washington grad bound for Mexico on a tank of gas | Craig Henderson is back on the road, hoping to drive from the Canadian border to the Mexican border on about 14 gallons of fuel. |
2010-09-02 |