AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that its Electronics Research Lab (ERL) and the Stanford University Racing Team will participate in this year’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge on November 3, 2007 with an autonomously-driven diesel-powered Passat wagon.
“After our victory at the last DARPA Grand Challenge, Volkswagen is excited to join the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge,” said Dr. Burkhard Huhnke, director, Electronics Research Laboratory, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “We see an opportunity to further advance intelligent technologies for use in passenger vehicles of the future. The features developed for the Urban Challenge will ultimately benefit our customers by making driving safer and more enjoyable in today’s increasingly dense traffic.”
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