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SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns

If the eVaro from Future Vehicles Technologies pictured above looks familiar, then perhaps you've been following the development of the Alé. A reddish orange Alé, developed by FVT when it still stood for FuelVapor Technologies, was on display at SEMA in 2006. The more things change... digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Plug_in_Hybrid_Trike_Gets_275_MPG_Does_0_60_in_5_Seconds'; 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 ... 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 ...

ThinkWrap, Auto X Prize partner for "near-real time" race vehicle monitoring Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 ...

ExxonMobil gives $25,000 to Philly high school X Prize team for Hybrid K-1 Attack Sebastian Blanco

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 – ...

Avion withdraws from Auto X Prize, cites increasing costs of participating in 100 mpg challenge 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Another one bites the dust (see also: LincVolt and HP2G). The Automotive X Prize will not feature an updated diesel-burning version of the Avion prototype from 1984 . Craig Henderson, the president of Avion Car Company, has sent a withdrawal letter to the AXP claiming that the costs of ...

Automotive X-Prize judges separating out chaff teams 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 difference between all of the different levels that a team can be considered. What we do know is that ...

Auto X Prize announces the experts who will make sure the rules are followed 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

While progress on the Automotive X Prize has been off track a little bit over the past year, things are still moving forward. Today, the AXP announced the names on a panel of experts that have been hired to lead the technical operations for the competition. What does that mean? It means that these ...

West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO] 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got to meet the West Philly Hybrid X Team's Hybrid Attack at the New York Auto Show last year. Now, the students at the inner-city public high school West Philadelphia High School Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering are being called a "top-10 contender in Progressive Automotive ...

Auto X Prize suggests teams try winning venture capital, press venues first 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the problems for some of the smaller teams that want to win part of the $10 million Automotive X Prize is that they might not have enough funds to get their cars into the streets for the competition. The X Prize team is looking out for them, though, and recently posted a notice about Startup ...

Consumer Reports teams up with the Automotive X Prize for MPGe, safety tests 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Automotive X Prize will get help with the safety and education portions of its competition from Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports will be the competition's "Official Active Safety Testing Partner." We spoke with the Auto X Prize's senior director, Cristin Lindsay, during the Detroit Auto Show, ...

Auto X Prize, DOE launch Fuel Our Future student website 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Know anyone who's in school? The Progressive Automotive X Prize (AXP) launched a new website today that targets K-12 students in the U.S. with information about the vehicles and fuels of the future. It's called, ta-da, Fuel Our Future Now. Divided into three sections - for elementary, middle school ...

Auto X Prize has 25 teams registered with one month left 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

With formal registration only open for another month, the Progressive Automotive X Prize currently has 25 registered teams; you can see them all here. There are 20 teams listed on that page, and the X Prize says that two of the teams are still confidential - not sure who the other three are. Some ...

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 ...


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