Victory Lane
West Philly High beat another Ivy League University today. Cornell University was among 43 other cars that didn’t make it to the Winner’s Circle at Watkins Glen for the Green Grand Prix. However, EVX GT was there and it looked marvelous. The EVX GT won the 100 mile fuel economy Road Rally, while the Chevy Volt won the 50 mile fuel economy Road Rally. The GT had the best fuel economy of any car in the competition.
"High school student gets high profile raindate at White House," Kevin Conlon, CNN's Political Ticker, January 25, 2011
" West Philly student sits with First Lady," Dafney Tales, Philadelphia Daily News
"West Philly High Student off to State of Union Address," Bob Moran, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 25, 2011
"State of the Union Address," CNN January 26, 2011
"State of the Union Address," Eyewitness News, January 24, 2011
"Brandon Ford Honored," CBS 3, January 24, 2011
"West Philly Student Invited to State of the Union," NPR, January 26, 2011
At State of the Union
West Philly Hybrid X Team member, Brandon Ford, will be sitting in First Lady Michelle Obama’s box tomorrow night for the State of the Union Address. He was invited by President Obama’s Science Advisor. He also gets to visit the White House, meet with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and meet the man who invited him, John Holdren. I know all this because I gave the White House Brandon Ford’s phone number.
“Amazing,” is what Ms. R. said and that just about captures it.
EVX Team Recognized by President Obama
On Thursday September 16, 2010, I accompanied 4 members of the West Philly Hybrid X Team to the White House. We were in town from the Awards Ceremony of the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE at the same time President Barack Obama was announcing the creation of a new initiative to increase resources for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. His initiative is called Change the Equation.Check out the video about our visit.
