Synopsis
This segment was taken from NASA 360. The program highlighted composite materials used in space and earth based applications. The Edison 2 VLC, or Very Light Car is a composite based automobile competing for and winning the coveted X-Prize competition in Washington DC. The car manages 100MPG and is currently being purpose built for the general public. This was produced in Lynchburg, VA.
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- Running time
- 3 minutes
- Collection
- NASA
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Composites
- 360
- Edison 2
- VLC
- MPG
- racecar
- automobile
- Lynchburg
- VA
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