SubscribeElsewhere on JetPack Future: SpaceX | Kepler Mission | Space Shuttle | ZERO-G | Space elevator | NASA | Space station |
Dirigo three-wheeler now up to 99 mpg, wood panels look good 
AutoblogGreen | by Sebastian Blanco | Sat, May 23
AutoblogGreen is the #1 News Source for X Prize Foundation
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:
Try These Related Topics
Try These Related Topics
More AutoblogGreen
Lightning Hybrids to reveal LH4 at Denver Auto Show
Electric Aircraft Symposium will take-off April 24
Enginer claims to have $2,000, 2kWh plug-in Prius conversion kit ready
T3 Motion introduces three-wheeled CT3 personal commuter, plans to enter Auto X Prize
Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more
HP2G acrimoniously drops out of Auto X Prize
Team Enertia to enter biodiesel-electric hybrid Studebaker Avanti in Auto X-Prize
West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO]
Auto X Prize deadline has passed; thoughts on the purse split
X-Prize entrant exhibits eRev at Epic Expo, earns 275 MPGe
National Hydrogen Association's looks to 2100 for a time when H2 vehicles "dominate"
Related News
SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns
Meet the MAX: Homemade biodiesel-powered Lotus Seven replica
ExxonMobil gives $25,000 to Philly high school X Prize team for Hybrid K-1 Attack
Avion withdraws from Auto X Prize, cites increasing costs of participating in 100 mpg challenge
Auto X Prize throws water on GM's 230 mpg claim, offers mpge calculator
West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO]
Top Bloggers
| 1 | xprize.org |
| 2 | io9.com |
| 3 | Power Line |
| 4 | Autoblog |
| 5 | Space Fellowship |
| 6 | WorldChanging: Tool... |
| 7 | Xconomy |
| 8 | Universe Today |
| 9 | X Prize Cars |
| 10 | DeviceMAG |
| 11 | Parabolic Arc |
Related Photos
Podcast: MD195 - The Google Lunar X Prize, interview with Will Pomerantz
In September of 2007, Google announced it will sponsor an X Prize Foundation contest to award $20 million to the first non-governmental organization that lands a robot explorer on the moon by the year 2012, named the Google Lunar X Prize. Second place and bonus prizes of $5 million each wil...
Tue, Aug 26 | from blip.tv
