{"id":1536,"date":"2011-04-13T17:02:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T00:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Edison2-100-MPG-Car-Keynotes-the-Solid-Edge-ST4-Event\/ba-p\/334631"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:09:24","slug":"edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Edison2, 100 MPG Car, Keynotes the Solid Edge ST4 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>We&#8217;re extremely please to announce the keynote speakers for the <a title=\"Solid Edge ST4 Global Launch Event\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeyouthere.com\/SolidEdgeST4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solid Edge ST4 Global Launch Event<\/A> June 15-16, 2011 in Huntsville, Al &#8211; Winners of the $5 Million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveautoxprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Progressive Automotive X Prize<\/A> &#8211;<STRONG>Edison2<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/><STRONG><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-5298 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/Media-Mainstream-98-cutout-front-3_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"280\" \/><\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/>By attending the Solid Edge ST4 event, you can hear how Virginia-based automotive innovation company,&nbsp;<a title=\"Edison2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edison2.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Edison2<\/A>, combined light weight and low aerodynamic drag to design a 4-passenger vehicle that achieved 100 miles per gallon. The car&nbsp; travels 200 miles on a tank or charge while meeting stringent performance, handling and emissions standards, all while achieving more than 100 MPGe.<BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/ron145\/\"><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-5301 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/Ron145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"147\" \/><\/A> <IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-5302 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/Brad145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"148\" \/><BR \/><BR \/>Chief of  Design <STRONG>Ron Mathis<\/STRONG>, a long-time Solid Edge user, and<STRONG> Brad Jaeger<\/STRONG>, R&amp;D director (also the test driver and a mechanical engineer from Vanderbilt University), will be on hand with the car to discuss  the competition, the role Solid Edge played and the impact on the future of  low-mass cars in the U.S. automotive market.<BR \/><BR \/><!--more--><BR \/><BR \/>Listen to Ron speak about the VeryLightCar<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/O6BxbHLeh_Q\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>Brad (from my home town of Cincinnati, Ohio) speaks about how he joined Edison2 (ironically from another Solid Edge customer, <a title=\"Doran Racing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doranracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Doran Racing<\/A>)<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HVLrEOmJf7w\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>Learn how  <STRONG>Edison2<\/STRONG>, with <a title=\"Solid Edge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.com\/solidedge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solid Edge<\/A> (they used <a title=\"Solid Edge ST3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.com\/plm\/st3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ST3<\/A>), plans to innovate and demonstrate how light-car  principals can improve the efficiency for electric hybrid, diesel and natural  gas systems to fit a wide array of consumer demand for SUVs, sedans and sports  and utility vehicles.<BR \/><BR \/>PBS NewsHour profiled <STRONG>Edison2<\/STRONG> back in September 2010 when they were awarded $5 Million in the mainstream class. Mainstream class entries were required to seat at least four passengers, have four wheels, and have a minimum 200 mile range.&nbsp;PBS recently replayed the clip, you can watch it here:<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JkAQkV16CXI\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>The winning #98 car will join other history-makers at the&nbsp;Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/features\/family\/green\/sc-cons-0310-trans-20110314,0,2049940.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">recent article<\/A>. The car will be part of an exhibit on automobile history. The museum also houses the first Ford Mustang, the 15 millionth Model T and famous race cars.<BR \/><BR \/>I&#8217;m really looking forward to meeting both Ron and Brad! If you are interested in coming to the Solid Edge ST4 Global Launch Event (open to future Solid Edge users as well as current customers!) you can still take advantage of the early bird registration; it was extended until April 22.&nbsp;Early bird price: $250\/person.&nbsp;Standard price: $350\/person<BR \/><BR \/><a title=\"Solid Edge ST4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeyouthere.com\/SolidEdgeST4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.seeyouthere.com\/SolidEdgeST4<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><a title=\"Solid Edge ST4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeyouthere.com\/SolidEdgeST4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><\/A><STRONG>How to follow Edison2<\/STRONG><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/twitter\/\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5303\" style=\"float: left;border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/A> <a title=\"VeryLightCar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/verylightcar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@VeryLightCar<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/youtube\/\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5304\" style=\"float: left;border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/A> <a title=\"Edison2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/verylightcar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/verylightcar<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/facebook\/\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5305\" style=\"float: left;border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/A> <a title=\"Edison2 Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Edison2\/255167146132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/pages\/Edison2\/255167146132<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/flickr\/\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5306\" style=\"float: left;border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/flickr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/A> <a title=\"Edison2 Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/verylightcar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.flickr.com\/photos\/verylightcar<\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/edison2-100-mpg-car-keynotes-the-solid-edge-st4-event\/blog\/\"><IMG class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5307\" style=\"float: left;border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/04\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/A> <a title=\"Edison2 Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edison2.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.edison2.com\/blog<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re extremely please to announce the keynote speakers for the Solid Edge ST4 Global Launch Event June 15-16, 2011 in Huntsville, Al &#8211; Winners of the $5 Million Progressive Automotive X Prize &#8211; &amp;nbs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}