Visteon Promotes Engineering Excellence Through FutureTruck Competition
16 June 2004 - 1:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
Visteon Promotes Engineering Excellence Through FutureTruck
Competition DEARBORN, Mich., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) is proud to be a major sponsor of
FutureTruck 2004, a program that challenges teams of engineering
students from 15 top North American universities to re-engineer
2002 Ford Explorers to reduce emissions and achieve at least a 25
percent improvement in fuel economy. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Managed
by the Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Transportation
Research and led by Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. Department of
Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
FutureTruck helps develop hundreds of highly skilled engineers. The
competition builds the students' awareness of fuel-saving
technologies and prepares them to lead the auto industry in the
21st Century. The teams must achieve the fuel-economy and emission
goals without sacrificing the performance, utility, safety and
affordability of the sport- utility vehicles they are modifying.
The competing students are employing a variety of technologies,
including advanced propulsion systems, lightweight materials,
hybrid-electric designs and such alternative fuels as hydrogen,
ethanol and biodiesel. After months of work, teams will take their
vehicles to Ford's Michigan Proving Ground in Romeo, Michigan, on
June 15 and 16 for a comprehensive safety evaluation, and a battery
of static and dynamic testing. An overall winner will be selected
based on those tests. The overall winner will be named at an awards
dinner on the evening of June 16. In addition, Visteon will give
its own award to the team whose vehicle represents the most
innovative use of electronics. The participating universities are:
-- California Polytechnic State University -- Cornell University --
Georgia Institute of Technology -- Michigan Technological
University -- Ohio State University -- Penn State University --
Texas Tech University -- University of Alberta -- University of
California - Davis -- University of Idaho -- University of Maryland
-- University of Tennessee -- University of Wisconsin -- Virginia
Tech -- West Virginia University Visteon Corporation is a leading
full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology
solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through
multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon
has about 72,000 employees and a global delivery system of more
than 200 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities
located in 25 countries.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO DATASOURCE:
Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Robin Pannecouk, +1-313-755-9121, , or
Greg Gardner, +1-313-755-0927, , both of Visteon Corporation Web
site: http://www.visteon.com/
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