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    Detroit 2011: Li-Ion motors says hello to first Wave sales, promises Inizio by mid-summer
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    Li-Ion Wave, Inizio and Automotive X-Prize trophy – Click above for high-res images
    It's hard to know how seriously to take pronouncements from Li-Ion Motors. The company has spent some time at big auto shows before, but the things it has said there haven't always come true. Take for ...

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    X-Prize in-fighting goes public as Li-Ion Motors tries to back out of prize-sharing agreement
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    Automotive X Prize winner Li-ion Motors may have tarnished its reputation soon after the Wave II claimed the top spot in the Alternative Side-by-Side Class. As we reported previously, four out of the five teams competing in the category signed an agreement, drafted on spiral bound notebook ...

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    Li-Ion Motors Inizio: a $139K electric supercar that soars to 170 mph. Or does it?
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    Look out Tesla, there's another electric roadster ready to pounce. Well, maybe. Li-Ion Motors, the North Carolina-based company that captured victory at the Automotive X-Prize and whose financial past was the subject of some recent controversy, presented the battery-powered Inizio at SEMA. This ...

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    Report: Troubled past haunts X-Prize winner Li-Ion Motors
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    Shortly after winning the 2010 Automotive X-Prize in the Alternative Side-by-Side Class, the Li-Ion Motors team made it known that the $2.5 million prize purse would be split three ways with the category runners ups. The money-splitting move showed that camaraderie existed behind the scenes of ...

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    Automotive X Prize winner, Li-Ion Motors, splits $2.5M prize with losers
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    Li-Ion Motors Wave II – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Three vehicles emerged as class winners at the Automotive X-Prize. One, the Li-Ion Motors Wave II, captured victory after a grueling 100-mile Combined Performance and Efficiency Test was completed. Five vehicles in the ...

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    Automotive X-Prize: Recap and wrap up
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    As our coverage of the 2010 Automotive X-Prize comes to a close, now is as good a time as any to recap some of the events that led to the crowning of this year's champions. From the beginning, many of the X-Prize entrants likely knew that the grueling competition would cut the massive field of ...

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    Automotive X-Prize: Li-Ion Motors Wave II wins Alternative Side-by-Side Class
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    Li-Ion Motors Wave II – Click above for high-res image gallery
    By now, you're likely aware that the 2010 Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize has concluded with three winners in three categories. As we've already discussed, Edison2 won the Mainstream Class with its Very Light Car and ...

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    Automotive X Prize: And the winners are ...
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    Automotive X-Prize vehicles line up in the Knockout Stage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to meet the winners of the 2010 Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize. But before we get to declaring the victors, let's take one last look at the ...

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    Automotive X-Prize: finalists announced, X-Tracer now last team standing in Tandem class
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    Automotive X-Prize Knockout Stage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ladies and gentlemen, meet your finalists for the Automotive X-Prize: Mainstream Class Edison2, Very Light Car (team name, car name) Alternative Class - Tandem X-Tracer, E-Tracer Alternative Class - ...

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    Owner of converted PT Cruiser claims Li-Ion Motors forged apology letter in his name
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    We've all written an apology letter at some point, right? These simple little notes declare that we've done something wrong and we're trying to make it right. In the Barret Lyon's case, discovering an apology letter with his name attached to it was quite shocking. Why, was he shocked? Well first ...

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