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MOREY Provides Telematics Hardware Design for Automotive X PRIZE Competition
March 5, 2010 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
PLAYA VISTA, CA and WOODRIDGE, IL — The X PRIZE Foundation will partner with IL-based EMS provider MOREY Corporation to benefit the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, safe, and fuel-efficient vehicles.
MOREY’s strength in telematics hardware design and Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) is the focus of the partnership. Core to the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE mission is educating the public and K-12 students on highly efficient vehicles and associated technologies. As outlined in the competition’s multi-year education program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, an important component of this education is the ability to transfer important data from each of the competing vehicles in nearly real time back to a public education Website, a service that MOREY will develop and lead through their existing data acquisition system (DAS) hardware.
Prior to the start of on-track vehicle testing in April 2010, a MOREY DAS will be installed on each competing vehicle. The system will transmit a range of vehicle data such as accelerator position, vehicle speed, fuel economy, and battery power to a local event server and ultimately to the competition’s education Website, www.FuelOurFutureNow.org, developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and Discovery Education.
Vehicle tracking will include calculation of each vehicle’s efficiency, measured as miles per gallon (MPG) or its energy equivalent. A direct link will also be available from the main competition Website at www.progressiveautoxprize.org. MOREY will work closely with fellow Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE partner, ThinkWrap, on the implementation of the online portal, which will feature a GPS-driven map with interactive vehicle icons and virtual instrument displays.
“With a 35-year track record in building and implementing telemetry systems and rugged equipment built to withstand the type of testing that the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE will be performing, we had a lot of confidence that MOREY was the right partner for this project,” noted Steve Wesoloski, director of technical operations for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. “We at MOREY believe in the mission of the X PRIZE Foundation and the education initiatives of the Department of Energy with this competition and are proud to be selected as the data acquisition and communications link between the competing vehicles in the field and the public-at-large,” says Emad Isaac, CTO, MOREY.
The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Education Program, funded through a multi-year grant by the U.S Department of Energy, will engage the general public in learning about alternative fuels, energy efficiency, climate change, and the science, technology, engineering, and math behind advanced vehicle development. A key goal of this national program will be to inspire the public to learn more about and pursue careers in related areas, and to generate excitement about the energy-efficient vehicle options of the near-future. The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE will award $10 million in prizes to teams that can engineer clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 MPG or its energy equivalent fuel efficiency (MPGe) and win a rigorous stage competition. Winners of the international competition will be announced in September 2010. For more information about the competition, please visit www.progressiveautoxprize.org or www.xprize.org
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