This weekend, the Bucky Wagon and vehicle team members are headed to Quaker Steak & Lube in Middleton, Wisconsin. The students will fill up on some chicken wings and talk with the public about their hybrid technology projects, including the Bucky Wagon and the EcoCAR. See below for more info. We hope to see you there!
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UW-MADISON HYBRID TEAM TO SHOWCASE VEHICLES AT QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE
What better way to get ready to watch the Badgers take on Hawaii than chicken wings and the Bucky Wagon?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hybrid vehicle team will be on hand at motorsports-themed Middleton restaurant Quaker Steak & Lube Saturday, Dec. 5 from 11-3 p.m. to showcase two hybrid vehicle projects, the Bucky Wagon and the EcoCAR.. Bring your hybrid questions and interact with faculty and students while surveying the vehicles.
Team advisor Glenn Bower (right) and Quaker Steak & Lube owner Scott Acker stand under the UW Future Truck at the Middleton restaurant.
The Bucky Wagon is an iconic UW-Madison symbol that carries Badger spirit across
campus and throughout Madison on football Saturdays and for each year’s Homecoming festivities and parade. It is currently in transition to the 21st century as a safe, electric-powered vehicle with power hydraulic brakes and power steering.
The EcoCAR project is part of a General Motors and U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored competition, which challenges 17 North American universities to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Over the next two years, the team will engineer a hybrid SUV to a plug-in hybrid capable of 20 miles of electric range before the engine is turned-on allowing longer trips on conventional fuels.
“This event will be a good opportunity for community members to learn about our vehicle team program and how they can get involved, as well as talk with our students about the importance of hybrid technologies in general,” Bower says.
“We’re excited to do this at Quaker Steak & Lube because we’ve had a relationship with the restaurant for years–they currently have three of our past vehicles which would have otherwise been dismantled hanging from their ceiling. We think this is pretty amazing!”
Media and the public are invited to join the UW hybrid team at Quaker Steak and Lube, 2259 Deming Way, Middleton. For more information about the UW-Madison vehicle teams contact team leader Adam Richards, (608) 408-0664, advisor Glenn Bower, (608) 263-7252, or visit http://www.vehicles.wisc.edu/.
—Andrea Parins, EcoCAR Outreach Coordinator, (920) 327-0697, parins@wisc.edu
