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    Should GM enter the Chevy Volt in the Auto X Prize?     1222819320

    Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt
    The Progressive Auto X Prize has gotten over 100 teams that have expressed an interest in competing in next year's competition. While a lot of these teams are small groups with big dreams, the X Prize foundation has repeatedly said they'd ...

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    Auto X Prize not half-filled with low-speed vehicles     1222627440

    So, the other day I heard the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE's Cristin Lindsay say that about 50 of the 100+ teams that might be part of the contest were working on small, neighborhood vehicles. Specifically, Lindsay said the following: "With our competition, we are seeing many, many companies, 50 ...

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    AltCar 2008: half of those 100 Auto X Prize teams are working on low-speed vehicles     1222471200

    During a panel discussion on public transportation today at the Santa Monica AltCar Expo, Cristin Lindsay, senior director of the Automotive X Prize, gave us a bit more information about the teams that have signed up to participate in the race. You might remember that in late August, the X Prize ...

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    X Prize asks: "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?"     1221085560

    New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at the official start of the Auto X Prize.
    Sometimes, people on the green fringe are called some not-so-nice names, with "crazy" being one of the more mild. But, if you're the kind of greenie who revels in the wacky, perhaps you've got an idea you'd like to ...

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    More than 120 teams ready to compete in Auto X Prize     1219942980

    As predicted, the Automotive X Prize crossed the century mark for teams signed up to compete in the "Ultimate Fuel Economy Challenge." While we know that not all of these teams consider themselves to be real contenders, the fact that there are so many people ready to spend so much time and energy ...

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    At least 14 cities vying for an Auto X Prize stage race in 2009-2010     1215028560

    New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at the official start of the Auto X Prize.Once all of the designers and teams get their ducks in a row and prep their vehicles for the cross-country portion of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize in 2009 and 2010, they're going to need places to go. ...

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    Automotive X Prize says McCain's $300m battery prize needs more work     1214414040

    John McCain's (R) call for a $300 million prize for better automotive battery is still making waves. The latest to raise a voice are the people who are already offering some prize money for cleaner cars: the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE. Of course, the AXP is a much smaller prize purse ($10m) and ...

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    Ratan Tata, Michael Boustridge join X Prize Foundation Board     1213388160

    A month ago, Tata Motors announced they would be entering two vehicles in the Automotive X Prize. The company's involvement with the 100 mpge challenge has now deepened as Ratan Tata, the Chairman of Tata Sons (which owns Tata Motors, the maker of the Tata Nano, among other companies) has become a ...

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    X Prize contender update: Electric Raceabout debuts on the web     1211305020

    click to enlarge Based on an Audi R8 chassis and using a few currently-available components (like the air conditioner from an Audi A3), the new Electric RaceAbout (ERA) from Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia is getting ready to take part in the Progressive Automotive X Prize. The ERA is a lightweight ...

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    New York 2008: Jory Squibb returns with an X-Prize entry     1206366420

    click to enter galleryWe met Jory Squibb way back in late 2006 over at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo. How can you miss a guy driving a tiny, 100+mpg bubble car called the Moonbeam? Jory, from Maine, is now back on the ABG radar with his presence at the New York Auto Show. He didn't have a car with ...

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