Turns out that porsche is backing a research team and so is mercedes with
unwritten sponsorships.  It didn�t say what teams they are sponsoring. With
the recent technology partnerships (and historical) with porsche I wouldn�t
be surprised to find the vehicle has parts of the porsche and Toureg in its
electronics.

jimt

On 6/23/05 9:25 PM, "Antaki" <wrack@comcast.net> wrote:

> This is an entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge - which I helped my son and
> his robotics class enter.
> 
> They had a T-boned Geo Tracker, but hey, they got it to go around the track
> with no driver aboard! So they used a joystick, but it was a great start...
> 
> Yet another link to the story: http://tinyurl.com/d5wld
> 
> I didn't realize VW was involved. Grand for them!
> 
> Ron A
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> jimt
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:27 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: OT VW doesn�t want drivers anymore
> 
> 
> On 6/22/05 7:10 PM, "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8d)"
> <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
>> VW doesn=B9t want drivers any more.
>> 
>> http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/news,view.spy?artid=3D43021
>> 
>> jimt
>> 
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