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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. first gay nigger post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    propz to all #linuxwarez homies

    -timecop

  2. One of the contenstants ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    One of the contestants was George W Bush. His proposal was to make petrol cheaper, thus improving fuel economy. His entry was to invade Iraq. Nevertheless, we should all be _happy, this is a liberation! Now where are those WMDs? Hrmm who cares.

    1. Re:One of the contenstants ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      WMDs were subject to a THO

    2. Re:One of the contenstants ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      WHAT?:
      the americans want the oil AND the nukes!?!
      OH MY GOD!

  3. Michael's a fucking JERK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey Michael,

    You are the most moronic editor of any news site ever!

    Shut your face, loser!

  4. Re:Why an Explorer? by pacc · · Score: -1, Troll

    Improvement?
    Bigger, uglier and even more gas guzzling.

  5. Patriot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And they call themselves Americans? Real Americans want more fuel, more gasses. More, more, moooore!!

  6. Re:So why did they win? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ford, Chrysler and GM spend much of their energy lobbying and whining about how unfair it is that competition and a limited energy reality is dragging them kicking and screaming out of the 19th century. If they don't change soon, they deserve to go the way of textile, coal, steel and other long-dead American industries. It looks like others are beginning to notice that the big 3 are asleep at the wheel: Economist.com