Bridgestone Executives Visit Kansas City
The team of mentors gathered with Marty and Jon for a group photo. Marty Yurjevich and Jon Stuckey made a presentation to the students at DeLaSalle High School before taking a tour of the shop and...
View ArticleBridgestone’s Texas Proving Ground
In January, 2010, Steve Rees challenged seven students and 11 mentors to convert a 2000 Lola Indy car to electric power, to design a body for it and to test its efficiency when complete. The group...
View ArticleOpen House
Last Saturday, more than 150 people toured the MINDDRIVE shop, visited with students and viewed the two electric car projects. One of the day’s highlights was the presentation of a $4,000 check by...
View ArticleThe Bridgestone Americas Technical Center
Minddrive students Kelvin Duley and Andrew Deckard were on hand at the April 11 dedication of the Bridgestone Americas Technical Center in Akron, Ohio. The students displayed their electrified Lola...
View ArticleEarth Day 2012
[nggallery id=26] The MINDDRIVE Project Lola electric Indy car was displayed in the Bridgestone tent during Earth Day in Washington, D.C. Students Cheyenne Albright and Elias Williams, MINDDRIVE...
View ArticleDay Five — great news for efficiency
Today was an exceptional day. The Minddrive Lotus achieved 218 MPGe at 40 mph at Bridgestone’s Texas Proving Ground near Fort Stockton. The car averaged 139 MPGe at 60 mph. The students posed with...
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