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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 of Energy. The funding is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is intended to "to support the X PRIZE Foundation's work to inspire a new generation of energy efficient vehicles" through technical assistance and outreach ... Read more →

Auto X Prize announces 43 qualified teams still fighting for $10 million Sebastian Blanco

The white stars on the map above could be used as the guidelines for a really fun road trip, if you're interested in learning as much as you can about the future of clean vehicles. From established ...

Auto X Prize to announce all teams "moving ahead in the competition" next week Sebastian Blanco

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize has has a number of teams drop out recently (e.g., the Avion and the LincVolt), but the competition is not slowing down. Next week, in New York City, the ...

Automotive X-Prize judges separating out chaff teams Sebastian Blanco

The road to actually compete in the Progressive Automotive X Prize is a tough one. We've been following the competition since well before the official Day One, and we can't quite understand the ...

Auto X Prize teaser update, more coming Wednesday and Thursday Sebastian Blanco

With the New York Auto Show just around the corner, representatives from the Progressive Automotive X Prize will use the occasion and will mark the one-year anniversary of the official start of the ...

Auto X Prize deadline has passed; thoughts on the purse split 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Automotive X Prize's deadline for registration has passed and now we get to wait and see just who's going to be actually participating in the upcoming high-mileage competition. The organizers say that the last few days and hours before the deadline were "an absolute firestorm of phone calls, ...

X-Prize logo and name used to fool eBay bidders (and us) 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

We were skeptical of the technology claims, but didn't take the time to double-check another of the "facts" stated in a recent (and now ended) eBay auction for a Chrysler LeBaron convertible. It turns out that while BrocktonEnergyLLC used "Experimental X-prize" in the name of the auction, the folks ...

Detroit 2009: Automotive X Prize status report 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

It wasn't all flashy new cars during the media days at the Detroit Auto Show last week. During our time in Cobo Hall, we sat down with Cristin Lindsay, senior director of the Progressive Auto X Prize, to talk about where the AXP is right now. For those keeping track, we are about half-way between ...

Voting opens for X Prize's "Crazy Green Idea" videos 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in September, the X Prize Foundation asked: "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" 133 people answered the question with a video entry and the top three ideas - as selected by the Foundation - are now accepting your vote for the shot at a $25,000 award. The three videos are titled: "The Energy ...

The top five upcoming green events, number one: Automotive X Prize 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're really high on the Automotive X Prize, and it was an easy choice as the number one upcoming green event. The Auto X Prize will be worth ten million, and is sponsored by Progressive Casualty Insurance. We've covered everything we know about the X Prize on these pages, and we've even got an ...

Auto X Prize will be worth ten million, sponsored by Progressive Casualty Insurance 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We'll have full coverage from New York of the Automotive X Prize's new details in a few hours, but CNN has just announced that the total prize purse will be ten million dollars. That's the same as what was given for winning the Ansari X Prize, which sent private citizens into space. The title ...

First Loremo working prototype to be officially unveiled in Frankfurt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do you remember the Loremo? It was a project for a car that with sporty looks could deliver a diesel consumption of 2 liters every 100 km - that is 117 mpg. Not bad! Well, the first road-ready prototype will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motorshow in September and although some of the ...

Automotive X-Prize announces first 31 teams accepted to competition 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/First_31_teams_announced_in_100_mpg_equivalent_Auto_X_Prize_competition'; The Automotive X-Prize has announced the first thirty-one teams to be accepted into their upcoming mileage competition and several of our favorite subject companies are on the list. ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #6 - Roberto Jerez of Velozzi and the 200 mpg car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sharing a bit of auto design wisdom with us on the latest AutoblogGreen podcast is Roberto Jerez, who gives us the skinny on Velozzi and their 200 mpg entry for the Auto X Prize. Plus, the highlights from recent news and we're still grooving to our new theme music. UPDATE: transcript of the Q&A ...


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