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Wednesday, Jan 13
Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Automotive X-Prize, Racing Gallery: Detroit 2010: Zap Alias Photos by Sebastian Blanco / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. Source: Automotive X Prize]Continue reading Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize
Tuesday, Jan 5
Detroit Preview: HP2g Revenge Verde Super Car
Fast forward a year and things haven't turned out quite as well as Pelmear may have hoped. In June, he and his team acrimoniously dropped out of the X Prize. The HP2g Mustang still made a few appearances, but the company's next vehicle - the Revenge Verde Super Car - was supposed to be at the LA Au...
Tuesday, Dec 29
Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Automotive X-Prize Source: Spokesman-Review]Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wednesday, Dec 9
REPORT: Tesla goes from competitor to demonstrator in Automotive X Prize
The Automotive X Prize lost another vehicle this week with the announcement that Tesla Motors will no longer be entering the Model S in the competition division. Instead, the California-based automaker will show off a vehicle in the demonstration division - and Wired says it might not be...
Monday, Nov 9
SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns
Making its "debut" at SEMA this year, the eVaro was decked out as a golden squid. Then, as now, the car is one of the contenders for the Progressive Automotive X Prize on display at SEMA this year. Over the years, FVT has increased the car's estimated MPG rating from 92 mpg using a pure gasoline e...
Monday, Nov 2
Auto X Prize wins $5.5 million from DOE for its own prize-giving contest
While the Automotive X Prize's raison d'être is to give out money to the best high-mileage vehicles and business plans in the $10 million contest, as the saying goes, it takes money to give out money. To that end, the AXP announced today that it has received $5.5 million from the U.S. Department...
Monday, Oct 19
ThinkWrap, Auto X Prize partner for "near-real time" race vehicle monitoring
Got a favorite team in the Automotive X Prize? Once the road race portion of the AXP starts up (which is when, again?), we'll be able to follow the contest and specific vehicles online thanks to AXP's just-announced partnership with ThinkWrap. Vehicles will be monitored in "near-real tim...
Friday, Sep 25
Meet the MAX: Homemade biodiesel-powered Lotus Seven replica
The resulting car is called the MAX: Mother's Automotive eXperiment. Although the initial goal was to reach the 100 mpg mark set for the Auto X Prize, the resulting car turned out to be a little far from this objective and was totaled in an accident. Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured.
Wednesday, Sep 16
ExxonMobil gives $25,000 to Philly high school X Prize team for Hybrid K-1 Attack
For ExxonMobil, $25,000 is not a lot of money. For a group of high-school students working on a 100+ mpg car for the Automotive X Prize, it's a great boost to get their Hybrid K-1 Attack - or whatever vehicle the team enters into the AXP (the press release mentions but does not describe two vehi...
Wednesday, Sep 9
Avion withdraws from Auto X Prize, cites increasing costs of participating in 100 mpg challenge
It was a difficult decision to not sign the Master Team Agreement, a 64-page legal document for the X Prize, but the requirements for the contest and the cost of competing have gotten too rich for a work a day guy like me. I estimated it would cost around 25K to compete in the X Prize and the way th...
Friday, Aug 21
Auto X Prize throws water on GM's 230 mpg claim, offers mpge calculator
With all of the attention being paid to the 230 mpg number that the Chevy Volt will apparently be granted by the EPA, the Automotive X Prize thought it was time to weigh in on the subject of calculating fuel efficiency for vehicles that use energy sources other than gasoline. They don't like i...
Wednesday, Apr 11
Team Velozzi shows Italian-inspired super EV for Automotive X-Prize
We've told you before about the Automotive X-Prize, the contest challenge looking for producible vehicles that are designed with environmental friendliness in mind. The purpose of the contest is "to inspire the development of commercially viable, super efficient vehicles that move...
