Robotic Touareg Edges the Big Boys

A fully autonomous Stock V10 Touareg Diesel, built by a team at Stanford, is in the lead for DARPA's Grand Challenge Event, which gives 2 million dollars to the winner of a 132 mile obstacle race. The objective : to prove that autonomous robotic vehicles can be used in military operations. There's one more vehicle to finish, but it looks way behind. The Touareg defeated two hummers, a six wheel drive military vehicle and a Ford Escape hybrid to take the lead by a few minutes. The rest of the field did not finish. Here are some links:
DARPA's site
CNN's Coverage