There is nothing like a little competition to inspire everyone to design better and greener. At least that is the theory behind the Progressive Automotive X-prize, which aims to create incentives to promote innovative thinking in the different industries. Well, now the X-prize has set their sights on the automotive industry, by announcing a 10 million dollar prize for whoever can design and bring to market a 100mpge vehicle. Doesn’t sound like much, but already 60 different teams have signed up for the competition!
Really hope that our best and brightest in engineering, design and product development can put their minds together and produce something that is both sustainable and captures the cool that Americans need in their car. It shouldn't take $10M to do this but I guess it doesn't hurt.
Check out the hatchback rendition at http://www.motiveind.com/xprize.html
That's on my wish list :-)
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check out the hatchback...