{"id":1929,"date":"2010-10-15T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2010-10-15T11:37:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T18:37:46","slug":"where-are-they-now-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/where-are-they-now-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are They Now? Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog has been following two intrepid groups exploring new geographical and technical terrain. \u00a0Both have been slowed by mechanical difficulties and sometime bureaucratic entanglements, but are making up for lost time.<\/p>\n<p>London\u2019s Imperial College <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racinggreenendurance.com\/\">Racing Green Endurance <\/a>(RGE) team is driving an electric supercar from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, the world\u2019s most southernmost city.\u00a0 Their trek down the Pan-American Highway is about 70-percent done and mobile again following their recent enforced layover in Quito, Ecuador.\u00a0 They have been stopped 29 times by police in North, Central, and South America, with many stops more to satisfy the curiosity of the local gendarmes than to\u00a0enforce repentance of \u00a0negligence\u00a0toward the traffic code.\u00a0 Their Thunder Sky batteries and EVO motors have been performing reliably, pushing the car 250 miles or more per day on their eventful voyage.\u00a0 To make up for time lost in repairs, they are pressing on, as attested to in their latest Twitter tweet, \u201cWe are in Machala! 320 miles done today from Quito! Tmrw we&#8217;ll hit Peru&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1932\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1932\" href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?attachment_id=1932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1932\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1932\" title=\"RGE Medelline to Bogota 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/RGE-Medelline-to-Bogota-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/RGE-Medelline-to-Bogota-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/RGE-Medelline-to-Bogota-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RGE electric supercar with police escort on the road between Medellin and Bogota<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/viac.vislab.it\/\">Vislab\u2019s Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge <\/a>to link Italy with China is 86-percent complete according to the project\u2019s web site.\u00a0 A test of autonomous automotive technology, the Challenge fields Piaggio vans, outfitted with the latest in sensors and navigation gear to drive through a wide variety of roads and off-road conditions.\u00a0 China has imposed restrictions on the team, quelling live broadcasts of progress, but videos are available of the latest adventures.<\/p>\n<p>In August, for instance,\u00a0a \u00a0lucky hitchhiker in Moscow made history of sorts by accepting a ride in the Project\u2019s driverless vehicle.\u00a0 We should all be so lucky &#8211; and happy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vislab: First hitchhikers on an autonomous car\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Qv4P-kCB24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll continue to track progress for both groups as they near their goals.\u00a0 Both exemplify aspects of what the CAFE Foundation hopes to accomplish in aircraft, enabling reliable electric propulsion and autonomous or computer-assisted flight.\u00a0 These early efforts bode well for a green, safer future in transportation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fwhere-are-they-now-part-two%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog has been following two intrepid groups exploring new geographical and technical terrain. \u00a0Both have been slowed by mechanical difficulties and sometime bureaucratic entanglements, but are making up for lost time. 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