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Volkswagen to Participate in the 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge

Volkswagen of America, Inc. has announced addition of the software developed at the
recently that it will participate in this Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab
year's DARPA Urban Challenge with makes the Passat wagon truly autonomous.
Stanford University on November 3, 2007. Dr. Carlo Rummel executive director of
The entry of VW for the said competition Volkswagen of America's Electronics
is its completely autonomous 2006 Research Laboratory commented "After our
diesel-powered Passat wagon which is victory at the last DARPA Grand
equipped with only the best auto parts Challenge, Volkswagen is excited to join
that Europe's largest automaker can the 2007 DAPRA Urban Challenge. We see an
provide. As a fact even its Volkswagen opportunity to further advance
valve cover gasket was specially made intelligent technologies for use in
just for the Passat wagon. passenger vehicles of the future. The
The highly mechanical Passat will compete features developed for the Urban
on a 60-mile simulated urban course that Challenge will ultimately make driving
would include merging with traffic, safer and more enjoyable in today's
negotiating with busy intersection and increasing dense traffic." Dr. Rummel
crossing traffic circles while keeping also added, "With the fuel efficient
with the traffic laws. Passat, we have the perfect vehicle for
The Passat wagon which is named Junior is the job; just like our Touareg 'Stanley'
a tribute to Leland Stanford Jr. who is was for the desert race in 2005."
the founder of Stanford University. It is It should be noted that for the 2005
equipped with electromechanical power DARPA Grand Challenge Volkswagen was able
steering and electric throttle, gear to win the two-million dollar grand prize
shifter and parking brake. The electric with its diesel powered Touareg named
system and the brakes of the Passat wagon Stanley. The Touareg defeated 22 unmanned
were modified by Volkswagen of America's vehicles in a drooling, 132-mile
Electronics Research Laboratory to turn championship race which includes driving
it into a complete computer controlled through rough desert roads, dry lake beds
vehicle. Similarly the custom mountings and tunnels, mountain trails, and using
for its array of sophisticated sensors only onboard navigation and sensors.
were specially created and built at the Touareg was able to finish the race after
ERL. The brain of the car is comprised of 6 hours 35 minutes with very little
Intel Core 2 Duo processors with multiple effort.
processing units per chip and with the




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