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The team from Western Washington University is officially out of the Progressive Insurance Automotive “X” Prize competition.

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Eric Leonhardt is the director of the Vehicle Research Institute – he says it was great to be around some top companies.

“Companies such as Aptera, which is a start-up company that really hopes to be one of the first successful start-up electric car companies in the modern era, and they have a great product,” he said.