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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…

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…

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…

Viking 45's run ends

Western Washington University’s bid to win an international contest to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle ended yesterday when its Viking 45 sports car failed on-track tests at Michigan International Speedway.

The last super-cars standing

The $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition finished up its final on-track round, and the results are clear: If anyone is going to win the $5 million contest for four-seat cars, it's going to be the Virginia-based Edison2 team. If anyone is going to win the $2.5…

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X PRIZE Day 6: ²ÝÁñÉçÇø is out after failing the accident avoidance test
X PRIZE update: ²ÝÁñÉçÇø advances past first week, faces safety trials today
X PRIZE Day 5: ²ÝÁñÉçÇø among eight teams to advance to second week of finals
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