Vehicle Research Institute
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| Automotive X Prize: Finals race results, officials closer to naming winners | Results are in for Tuesday's final race for the Automotive X Prize, the $10 million competition to create a viable automobile that can deliver 100 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent. The Li-ion Wave, a bright-green tadpole of a car run by a team of friendly, down-home North Carolina guys… |
2010-07-30 | |
| Automotive X PRIZE Finals stage concludes | Well, it’s hard to believe the day is finally here, but the Finals stage of the Automotive X PRIZE is finally wrapping up. Of 136 vehicles representing 111 teams that originally entered the competition, just 9 vehicles representing 7 teams remain. All that the cars need to do now is pass the… |
2010-07-29 | |
| Automotive X Prize: Some teams fail to finish the final race | 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… |
2010-07-28 | |
| With Automotive X Prize wrapped up at MIS, teams are urged to develop their programs | 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… |
2010-07-28 | |
| Viking 45's run ends | 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. |
2010-07-28 | |
| The last super-cars standing | 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… |
2010-07-28 | |
| X-Prize: VRI eliminated from Finals | 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… |
2010-07-27 | |
| X-Prize: Spacey cars aim to be the new "normal" | 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… |
2010-07-27 | |
| 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… |
2010-07-27 | |
| X-Prize: Software glitch costs one team $2.5 million | One other alternative class vehicle was eliminated from competition Monday. A side-by-side twoseat hybrid vehicle made by a team of Western Washington University students failed to pass the X Prize's braking and lane change tests. Like Edison2's alternative car, the team's vehicle… |
2010-07-27 |