Vehicle Research Institute
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| X-Prize: Performance tests knock out more competitors | As the Automotive X Prize field narrows, the competition draws closer to finding a 100-mpg car that will be acceptable to consumers. Today, 11 remaining competitors took to the track in Consumer Reports accident avoidance tests. The teams had to be able to achieve 45 mph in our emergency… |
2010-07-27 | |
| WWU officially out of $10-million X PRIZE competition | 2010-07-27 | ||
| Amp, Spira, Tango and Tata Motors all bounced from X-Prize competition Friday | After the first week of the Progressive Automotive X-Prize's Finals Stage, some of the better-known teams will have to say good-bye and watch the rest of the competition from the sidelines. According to a new press release from the AXP, Tata Motors, Amp, Commuter Cars (Tango) and Spira are… |
2010-07-26 | |
| X-Prize shows some 100-mpg cars can go the distance | The intensity of the competition for the $10 million, 100-mpg Automotive X Prize is getting in to high gear. On Friday, all 12 teams, fielding 15 cars, took to the high-banked oval at Michigan International Speedway to prove they can go the distance in the range test. This test requires… |
2010-07-26 | |
| X-Prize Competitors: WWU's Viking 45 | Who are they? The only remaining American university team is backed by a legacy of fuel mileage records dating back to the mid-1970s. The school's Vehicle Research Institute has built 48 cars in the intervening years, including a few small series production runs, and one previous attempt at… |
2010-07-26 | |
| X PRIZE Day 6: WWU is out after failing the accident avoidance test | 2010-07-26 | ||
| X PRIZE update: WWU advances past first week, faces safety trials today | 2010-07-26 | ||
| X PRIZE Day 5: WWU among eight teams to advance to second week of finals | 2010-07-23 | ||
| X PRIZE Day 4: WWU completes range event, has a little fun on the side | 2010-07-23 | ||
| X-Prize testing gets under way | Italian auto racing champion Emanuele Pirro has just completed five laps around the Michigan International Speedway in the futuristic, silver bullet-like Very Light Car. He slows to a stop. The green flag waves and he’s off again, accelerating back up to a precise average speed of 45 mph.&#… |
2010-07-23 |