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Cornell 100+ MPG Team: First Electric Drive Tests – 11.7.09 & 11.8.09
The Cornell 100+ MPG Team tests its partially completed hybrid-electric vehicle (under solely electric power) that will eventually achieve over 100 miles per gallon equivalent.
To learn more about the team visit: http://cornell100mpg.com
“The Cornell 100+ MPG Team is an engineering project group whose goal is to compete in and win the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize Competition. We are also striving to help develop a new form of automobile that will reduce global non-renewable power consumption and harmful emissions.”
Day 2 Testing (11.8.2009)
Electric drive around a campus parking lot.
Day 1 Testing (11.7.2009)
Video Markers:
- 4:10 – first movement under electric power
- 8:15 – emergency brake test
- 9:10 – uphill electric drive test