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University of Wisconsin Wins FutureTruck Competition

Posted by michael on from the hybrids-rule dept.

carambola5 writes "No, this isn't a dupe from a year ago. The University of Wisconsin-Madison team has taken the FutureTruck title for the second year in a row. The overall goals of the competition are to modify an existing Ford Explorer (make and model dependant on year) to improve fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining or exceeding customer expectations. The University of California-Davis team took 2nd, with Michigan Tech, Georgia Tech, and Penn State following close behind. Speaking as a member of the winning team, I am quite sure that all of the students and advisors from the participating teams are well-deserving of appreciation after those many, many hours of preparation." Too bad Ford isn't actually using any of this hard work. One thing to note: The FutureTruck website still has to be updated with the winning info.

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  1. SCO -5 Offtopic, Schnazzle not covered? by jkrise · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why doesn't Slashdot cover real important SCO news? Instead of giving publicity to useless testimony to word-of-mouth opinions?

    Some useful links:

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/16/105561 57 09059.html

    and an important MS story as well:

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesste ch nology/134994939_esiod14.html

    Instead, we have these useless trivia articles.

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  2. what is FutureFsCK competition? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    never heard bout that.

    what that?

  3. Be patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hating Ford is hating America. Now you don't really hate America, do you?