The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition to inspire a new generation of viable super-efficient vehicles capable of achieving 100 MPGe (miles per gallon or its energy equivalent), announced 22 teams representing 27 vehicles survived Shakedown – the first of three on-track testing stages – and will now move on to the [...]
The 2010 American Solar Challenge (ASC2010) is a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event. Teams compete in a 1100 mile drive from Tulsa to Chicago. This event marks the 20th anniversary of solar challenge events held in North America and will take place from June 19th to the 26th. [...]
Formula Hybrid™ is a design and engineering challenge for undergraduate and graduate college and university students. They must design, build, and compete an open-wheel, single-seat, plug-in hybrid racecar. This car must conform to a formula which emphasizes drive train innovation and fuel efficiency in a high-performance application. There are 31 teams, from 5 countires competing [...]
The X PRIZE Foundation today announced details of a unique partnership with Illinois-based MOREY Corporation to benefit the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million dollar competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, safe and super fuel-efficient vehicles. MOREY, an innovative Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, has been providing award-winning comprehensive design [...]
The Tokai University solar car entry #60 Tokai Challenger has claimed victory in the 2009 Global Green Challenge. The Japanese team crossed the control finish line just north of Adelaide at 3.39pm SA daylight saving time. In what appeared to be a near faultless run over the 3,000 kilometre distance from the Darwin start, Tokai [...]
The X PRIZE Foundation has announced details of a unique partnership with ThinkWrap Solutions Inc. to benefit the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a multi-million dollar competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, safe and super fuel-efficient vehicles.
University of Victoria and Mississippi State University Finish Second and Third The EcoCAR team from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the Year One competition which recently took place in Toronto, Canada. The Ohio State University took first place out of the 17 EcoCAR university teams for their design [...]
Prize Capital is creating a high profile, international competition to find sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based fuels. They are preparing to offer $10 million to the team that produces the best algae based biofuel. The company has prepared some videos on the challenge below.
WASHINGTON — The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation recently announced the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon. The prize for the aircraft with [...]
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world’s top design competitions, is proud to announce its panel of judges for 2010. The distinguished group of automotive design leaders will meet in July at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special exhibition at the 2010 North [...]