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²ÝÁñÉçÇø X PRIZE Team recognized at Thursday ceremony on campus
Sixth annual Tech Stomp in Bellingham Sept. 9

The keynote speaker of the event is Eric Leonhart, director of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Vehicle Research Institute. He will speak about the Progressive Automotive X Prize, an international competition to build an ultra fuel-efficient vehicle. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's team was the only U.S. university making it into the finals…

Video: X Prize 100 MPG Car
²ÝÁñÉçÇø's X-Prize student team celebrate their achievements in 100 mpg car competition

A group of Western Washington University students will return from Detroit Thursday to celebrate their showing in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize Competition.

The students competed against more than 140 teams to build a car that can travel 100 miles per gallon.…

Meet ²ÝÁñÉçÇø X Prize team and see Viking 45 at celebration Thursday

A celebration will begin at noon Thursday, Aug. 5, for the Western Washington University team and the Viking 45 car that competed for the Progressive Automotive X Prize.

The international competition was to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle with consumer appeal. Viking 45 was…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø to welcome back its X PRIZE team Thursday at noon
From tranquility to tumult at Grand island

A controversy of classic proportions has begun playing out over the past couple of months.

At stake is the future of Grand Island, one of Oregon's most prized enclaves of agricultural enterprise. Those who have been following the story know it involves the…

In Brief: Dolce & Gabbana to Outfit Chelsea Football, Teague to Get His Close-Up

Ready your viewing devices for adocumentary about Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960), the pioneering American industrial designer who shaped everything from early Kodak cameras and Texaco's art deco gas stations to the Boeing Stratocruiser (we've posted below a vintage news report…

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…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor working on industrial-design documentary
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