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Jerry Chellini, an Amp Electrical Engineer, gave training sessions this week to Blue Ash, Sharonville, and Sycamore Fire Departments to introduce them to our Amp Electrical Vehicles. This instruction allows them to set safety procedures when approaching an electric vehicle in an emergency situation. We are very thankful for the dedicated service that these Area Firefighters provide our community.
This is a combination of clips taken from the Knockout round of the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE.
The Amp 100% Electric Saturn Sky Racer successfully completed the "Knockout" stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Competition. This was held at the Michigan International Speedway from 6/22/10 until 6/29/10. There were many very demanding and rigorous testing trials, including the following: Technical Inspections, On Road Efficiency (90 miles at 45 MPH without recharging), On Road Range (68 miles at an average of 55 MPH without recharging), Emissions Testing, Dynamic Safety Testing (0 - 60 MPH in 18 seconds), Accident Avoidance Testing, and Lateral Acceleration Testing. Congratulations to the Amp Team! We now look forward to the "Finals" at MIS from July 19th to July 30th.
Wednesday and Thursday we had three races as part of the X PRIZE efficiency testing. They were city, urban, and highway MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) validation tests, which simulated different driving conditions. We recently received the results and X PRIZE officials stated that Team Amp did very, very well.
Just a few minutes ago we started on our 68 mile range test. Watch us live on the X PRIZE website:
http://tracker.progressiveautoxprize.org/index.html?p=telemetry&tk=AMP&v=AMP_1
Go Team Amp!
The Amp team left Sunday for Brooklyn, Michigan to compete in the second Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE phase: The Knockout Qualifying Stage. In order to remain in the competition, Amp along with all other remaining teams must demonstrate their vehicle can obtain at least 2/3 of the 100MPG equivalent goal, or 67MPGe. Amp passed technical inspection yesterday with flying colors! Wish us luck and follow Amp live at http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/live
Since we're leaving for Knockout tomorrow, we figured it was about time to upload some video from Shakedown last month. Check out the video below and make sure to visit the new Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE website to vote for us in the Most Stylish Fan Favorite Sweepstakes and to stay on top of the stats and standings in the Knockout competition next week.
Team Amp is preparing their 100% Electric Saturn Sky Race Car for top performance at the "Knockout" stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition. This event will occur at the Michigan International Speedway the week of June 20, 2010. Tim Wieck, Chief Mechanical Engineer, said, "Team Amp really enjoyed the "Shakedown" competition, and is looking forward to the "Knockout" stage of the X Prize competition". Amp's 100% Electric 2010 Chevy Equinox will also be on display at this event.