Vehicle Research Institute
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| Dinner Tuesday to raise funds for WWU X Prize team; finals begin July 19 in Michigan | 2010-07-12 | ||
| WWU's X-Prize team needs your financial support | 2010-07-09 | ||
| WWU X PRIZE team ready for finals round to begin July 19 | 2010-07-07 | ||
| WWU X Prize team to hold fundraising dinner event July 13 in Bellingham | 2010-07-07 | ||
| Green machine: The dream of green cars meets reality | Sustainable motoring, powered by battery-electric, hydrogen, or hyper-efficient combustion, promises both the convenience afforded by conventional cars and the clear conscience of reduced fossil-fuel use. The technology is ever sexy, but is it ready for the market? |
2010-07-06 | |
| Automotive X Prize: putting electric cars through their paces | The Automotive X Prize, the finals of which take place this month, aim to find a car that is both eco-friendly and fun to drive. So far, it's proving tough, New Scientist reports. Several major motor companies now offer electric cars, including Honda, Toyota and the newly floated… |
2010-07-06 | |
| Automotive X-Prize: Only 15 vehicles from 12 teams left now | As expected, the recently concluded Automotive X-Prize Knockout Stage was not easy. The challenge was particularly brutal to the teams competing in the mainstream class. Of the nine teams that entered, the only team that will make it to the finals stage is Edison2 with its Very Light Cars (one… |
2010-07-06 | |
| The race to develop a 100-mpg car | 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… |
2010-07-06 | |
| Automotive X Prize: Final Knockout results | The Knockout Stage of the Automotive X Prize competition is complete and now just 15 vehicles from 12 teams remain standing. (The competition started with 28 teams representing 36 vehicles.) |
2010-07-01 | |
| VRI's Eric Leonhardt: 'It's a longshot, but we do have a legitimate shot at winning' | 2010-06-30 |