Very Light Car XPrize Winner
The Edison2 Very Light Car wins five of the ten million dollar prize in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition. Each component of the Very Light Car has been scrutinized for achieving low weight and redesigned to maintain strength and deliver a simplified design. It is designed to reach a top speed over one hundred miles per hour and even incorporates an iPod driven sound system.
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… “Boasting the lowest drag coefficient of any car with four wheels tested in the GM wind tunnel and at the Chrysler Proving Grounds, this vehicle demonstrated over 100 MPGe on the test track, and verified in the lab, under stringent testing conditions using a highly innovative small displacement engine.
Its low weight of just 830 pounds is a tribute to its use of light weight materials, reduced engine displacement and a host of other weight-saving innovations. ” …
Via XPrize: Winners.
The Edison2 Very Light Car.
Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE: The goal of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE is to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles that offer more consumer choices.
Ten million dollars in prizes will be awarded to the teams that win a stage competition for clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 Miles per gallon or energy equivalent (MPGe).
GM wind tunnel. Put into operation in August 1980, the wind tunnel is the largest of its type dedicate
d to automotive work.
X Prize Foundation: The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.
Chrysler Proving Grounds.
Miles per gallon or energy equivalent, MPGe.
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