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Automotive X Prize: Finals race results, officials closer to naming winners

Results are in for Tuesday's final race for the Automotive X Prize, the $10 million competition to create a viable automobile that can deliver 100 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent. The Li-ion Wave, a bright-green tadpole of a car run by a team of friendly, down-home North Carolina guys…

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Automotive X PRIZE Finals stage concludes

Well, it’s hard to believe the day is finally here, but the Finals stage of the Automotive X PRIZE is finally wrapping up. Of 136 vehicles representing 111 teams that originally entered the competition, just 9 vehicles representing 7 teams remain. All that the cars need to do now is pass the…

Can Republicans' resurgence begin on Eastside?

The 45th Legislative District is in some ways a microcosm of Washington. Agriculture dominates its eastern side in Carnation and Duvall. Its western portion in Kirkland and Woodinville is white-collar, middle class, with a fair number of dot-com millionaires.

Melious best choice for County Council seat

Being a Whatcom County council person is a difficult and time-consuming job. The countless number of issues faced by the council include union contracts, land-use laws, financial deficits, planning for the long-term health and prosperity of our community and even dealing with constituents'…

Whatcom County Council candidates quizzed at Bill Mize Forum

Tony Larson wants to join the Whatcom County Council to focus on job creation.
Jean Melious wants to join to work on responsible growth planning and budgets that have the lowest possible effect on taxpayers.
Theresa Sygitowicz wants to bring her "wealth of experience" in…

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Automotive X Prize: Some teams fail to finish the final race

Two favored, well-known electric car teams--Aptera and ZAP--competing in the Automotive X Prize failed to finish the final race of the competition, dashing their chances of winning the $2.5 million prize for the side-by-side alternative-class cars.

In the final race, contestants had to…

With Automotive X Prize wrapped up at MIS, teams are urged to develop their programs

With visions of any portion of the $10 million prize slipping away from all but a few, the Progressive Automotive X Prize competitors turned their attention to the commercial future of their cars during Tuesday’s leadership conference at Michigan International Speedway.

The on-track…

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