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 and [...]
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 University [...]
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 of an [...]
TTXGP, the force behind the inaugural zero emission motorcycle race at this year’s Isle of Man TT races, has joined forces with Auto Cycle Union Events (ACUE), the commercial arm of the Auto-Cycle Union, to run the world’s first national zero emission road race championship.
The new four-round UK Series, The TTXGP UK Championship 2010, will [...]
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 the [...]
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 American [...]
X Prize
The goal of the multi-million dollar Progressive Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) is to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change.
A project of the X PRIZE Foundation, the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE is an independent, technology neutral challenge for [...]
NASA Dryden to Host 2009 Power Beaming Challenge July 14 WASHINGTON — NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program and the Spaceward Foundation will hold the 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge, part of Spaceward’s Space Elevator Games, at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on July 14.
This is the fourth year for the Space Elevator [...]
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