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Tuesday, Aug 11
Enginer claims to have $2,000, 2kWh plug-in Prius conversion kit ready
We'll start with the numbers: $1,995 will get you a 2 kWh plug-in battery pack for your second-generation Toyota Prius; $2,995 will get you a 4 kWh pack (the installation feel and the $95 delivery charge are extra). For your two or three grand, you can reach "the holy grail of achieving 100 mp...
Tuesday, Jul 14
West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO]
The hybrid Attack burns biodiesel and gets about 60 mpg, according to 16-year-old Sowande in the video. That leaves 40 mpg to go to reach the AXP's 100 mpg target, but this is still an impressive effort from high school students. Learn more about the car here.
Wednesday, Jul 1
T3 Motion introduces three-wheeled CT3 personal commuter, plans to enter Auto X Prize
At this time, the vehicle exists only in rendered form (pay close attention to the wheels and tires in the above image), but T3 plans to enter a special CT-S version of the machine in the Auto X Prize that will reportedly be capable of 80 miles per hour and an equivalent mpg rating of over 100 mi...
Friday, Jun 5
HP2G acrimoniously drops out of Auto X Prize
Yesterday, Horse Power Sales issued a statement (read it after the jump) that said they had "officially withdrawn their team and their 1987 Mustang, powered by the revolutionary, 110MPG, V-8, HP2g engine, from the upcoming Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Competition, effective June...
Tuesday, May 26
Team Enertia to enter biodiesel-electric hybrid Studebaker Avanti in Auto X-Prize
Way back in the early 1960s, famed designer Raymond Leowy locked himself and his team in a rented house for five weeks with the intent of designing an exciting new sports coupe for Studebaker. The result was known as the Avanti, and it's often looked back upon as one of the most attractive aut...
Saturday, May 23
Dirigo three-wheeler now up to 99 mpg, wood panels look good
One of the cars participating in the One Gallon Challenge is the Dirigo three wheeler. Built by Bill Buchholz, the Dirigo is right now tantalizingly close to the 100 mpg goal of the One Gallon Challenge (and the Automotive X Prize, of course). Buchholz had the following to say about his car:
Tuesday, May 19
Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more
In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around the web following the announcement, it's clear that he wasn't just expressing a hope that a...
Friday, May 15
X-Prize entrant exhibits eRev at Epic Expo, earns 275 MPGe
Vancouver just played host to the Epic Expo, an exposition centered around sustainable living, and one of the exhibitors there might be familiar to dedicated AutoblogGreen readers. Last year in New York, we introduced you to the alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies which, at the time, was good...
Friday, May 1
National Hydrogen Association's looks to 2100 for a time when H2 vehicles "dominate"
Automakers from Mercedes to Honda are eager to show off their hydrogen cars and plans for these vehicles in the future. We see it all the time here on AutoblogGreen (BTW, have you noticed our new "landing pages" for the various categories on the site? Try some: Hydrogen, Legislation and Pol...
Wednesday, Apr 1
Lightning Hybrids to reveal LH4 at Denver Auto Show
The Denver International Auto Show opens today and Lightning Hybrids is planning on being there to display their biodiesel hydraulic hybrid prototype, the LH4. If you happen happen to be attending the opening this afternoon, don't be surprised if the slick gray sportster smells a bit li...
Monday, Mar 9
Electric Aircraft Symposium will take-off April 24
If you have a strong interest in electric vehicles taking flight (in both the metaphoric and non-metaphoric senses) than you may want to attend the upcoming Electric Aircraft Symposium on April 24th at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California. The impressive line up of speak...
Wednesday, Mar 4
Auto X Prize deadline has passed; thoughts on the purse split
One other bit of information that the X Prize organizers have shared on their blog is the reasoning for changing the $10 million prize purse from a 3-to-1 split between mainstream and alternative classes to a $5 million mainstream prize and two alternative class winners - one for a vehicl...
