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    Detroit 2010: Edison2's Very Light Car scoffs at Electric Avenue     1263405840

    One of the vehicles on display in the Progressive Automotive X Prize booth at the Detroit Auto Show is the Very Light Car, an entry we hadn't seen before. Taking a similar attitude as the Rocky Mountain Institute about stripping away weight and complexity, the team behind the Very Light Car is ...

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    SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns     1257778860

    eVaro - Click above for high-res image gallery
    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 ...

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    Auto X Prize announces 43 qualified teams still fighting for $10 million     1256072160

    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 companies (Tesla, Tata) to start-ups (Aptera) to high-school teams (West Philly EVX), these are the ...

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    ThinkWrap, Auto X Prize partner for "near-real time" race vehicle monitoring     1255957380

    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 AXP's just-announced partnership with ThinkWrap. Vehicles will be monitored in "near-real time" thanks ...

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    Auto X Prize to announce all teams "moving ahead in the competition" next week     1255387980

    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 AXP will formally announce the names of the teams that are "moving ahead in the competition." To ...

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    ExxonMobil gives $25,000 to Philly high school X Prize team for Hybrid K-1 Attack     1253138640

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    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 – or whatever vehicle the team enters into the AXP (the press release mentions but ...

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    Avion withdraws from Auto X Prize, cites increasing costs of participating in 100 mpg challenge     1252526520

    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 ...

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    Automotive X-Prize judges separating out chaff teams     1251673380

    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 ...

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    Auto X Prize announces the experts who will make sure the rules are followed     1249651200

    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 ...

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    West Philly X Prize team's Hybrid Attack on the street [w/VIDEO]     1247608200

    West Philly Hybrid X Team's vehicle - Click above to watch the video after the break
    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 ...

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