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Index Automotive X Prize

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize (PIAXP or AXP) was a set of competitions, programs and events, from the X Prize Foundation, to "inspire a new generation of super-efficient vehicles that help break America's addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change." Progressive Insurance was the title sponsor of the prize, the centerpiece of which is the Competition Division, within which a 10-million-dollar purse was divided between the winners of three competitions.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 58 relations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ansari X Prize, Aptera (solar electric vehicle), Aptera Motors, Argonne National Laboratory, Bellingham, Washington, Business plan, Campagna T-Rex, Carbon dioxide, Chicago, Climate change, Commuter Cars Tango, Consumer Reports, Die Zeit, Dynamometer, E85, Edmunds (company), Effects of climate change, Efficient energy use, Electric Raceabout, Electric vehicle, Exhaust gas, Factory Five Racing, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108, Feet forwards motorcycle, Ford Focus, Fuel economy in automobiles, Fuel efficiency, George Clooney, Illuminati Motor Works Seven, List of motor vehicle awards, Lithium iron phosphate, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Michigan International Speedway, Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, MSNBC, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NBC News, PACE Award, Phys.org, Plug-in hybrid, Porsche Carrera GT, Progressive Corporation, San Jose, California, Saturn Sky, Smart (marque), Spira (car), Tata Indica, Tata Motors, Tesla Roadster (first generation), ... Expand index (8 more) »

  2. Challenge awards
  3. Motor vehicle awards
  4. Progressive Corporation
  5. X Prizes

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a college town and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.

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Ansari X Prize

The Ansari X Prize was a space competition in which the X Prize Foundation offered a US$10,000,000 prize for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable crewed spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. Automotive X Prize and Ansari X Prize are Challenge awards and x Prizes.

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Aptera (solar electric vehicle)

The Aptera is a two-seat, three-wheeled solar electric vehicle under development by the crowd-funded American car manufacturer Aptera Motors.

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Aptera Motors

Aptera Motors Corp. (formerly Aptera Motors Inc. and before that Accelerated Composites) is an American crowd funded, pre-production startup company based in Carlsbad, California.

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Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, United States.

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Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Business plan

A business plan is a formal written document containing the goals of a business, the methods for attaining those goals, and the time-frame for the achievement of the goals.

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Campagna T-Rex

The Campagna T-Rex is a two-seat, three-wheeled motor vehicle created by Campagna Motors, located in Quebec, Canada.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Commuter Cars Tango

The Commuter Cars Tango is a prototype ultra-narrow electric sports car designed and built by Commuter Cars, an electric car company based in Spokane, Washington.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

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Die Zeit

() is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany.

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Dynamometer

A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed (RPM) of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by the dynamometer itself as kW or bhp.

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E85

E85 is an abbreviation typically referring to an ethanol fuel blend of 85% ethanol fuel and 15% gasoline or other hydrocarbon by volume.

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Edmunds (company)

Edmunds.com Inc. (stylized as edmunds) is an American online resource for automotive inventory and information, including expert car reviews based on testing at the company's private facility.

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Effects of climate change

Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies.

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Efficient energy use

Efficient energy use, or energy efficiency, is the process of reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

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Electric Raceabout

Electric Raceabout (ERA) is an all-electric sports car developed by the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.

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Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion.

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Exhaust gas

Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, fuel oil, biodiesel blends, or coal.

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Factory Five Racing

Factory Five Racing, Inc. (F.F.R.) is an American automobile company that designs and manufactures assembly kits, chassis, bodies and related components for replicars and sports cars.

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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 (FMVSS 108) regulates all automotive lighting, signalling and reflective devices in the United States.

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Feet forwards motorcycle

A feet first (FF) motorcycle is a class of motorcycle design which positions the rider with their feet ahead, like a car, rather than below and astride, as with conventional bikes.

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Ford Focus

The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1999.

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Fuel economy in automobiles

The fuel economy of an automobile relates to the distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed.

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Fuel efficiency

Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.

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George Clooney

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Illuminati Motor Works Seven

Illuminati Motor Works Seven is a prototype of a 4-passenger battery electric vehicle.

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List of motor vehicle awards

This list of motor vehicle awards is an index to articles that describe notable awards given to motor vehicles. Automotive X Prize and list of motor vehicle awards are motor vehicle awards.

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Lithium iron phosphate

Lithium iron phosphate or lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) is an inorganic compound with the formula.

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Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Metropolia ammattikorkeakoulu) is a University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

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Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, on the border with Jackson County, approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn.

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Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent

Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe or MPGge) is a measure of the average distance traveled per unit of energy consumed.

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MSNBC

MSNBC (short for Microsoft NBC) is an American news-based television channel and website headquartered in New York City.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on transportation safety in the United States.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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PACE Award

The PACE Award is an annual award from Automotive News. Automotive X Prize and PACE Award are motor vehicle awards.

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Phys.org

Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.

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Plug-in hybrid

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or simply plug-in hybrid is a type of hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a rechargeable battery pack that can be directly replenished via a charging cable plugged into an external electric power source, in addition to charging internally by its on-board internal combustion engine-powered generator.

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Porsche Carrera GT

The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engine sports car that was manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 2004 to 2006.

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Progressive Corporation

The Progressive Corporation is an American insurance company.

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San Jose, California

San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

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Saturn Sky

The Saturn Sky is a roadster that was produced by Saturn, and was initially released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model.

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Smart (marque)

Smart (stylized in lowercase) is a German automotive marque established in 1994.

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Spira (car)

The Spira is a lightweight, fuel-efficient, three-wheeled, two-passenger car designed for the roads of Southeast Asia.

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Tata Indica

The Tata Indica (from "Indian Car") is a B-segment car launched by the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors in 1998.

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Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive company, headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Tata Group.

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Tesla Roadster (first generation)

The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012.

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The Very Light Car

The Very Light Car prototype The Very Light Car (VLC) is a prototype design for 2- and 4-passenger automobiles emphasizing low weight and overall efficiency.

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Twike

Twike, based in Rosenthal, is a German manufacturer of light electric vehicles in the European Union vehicle class L5e (US motorcycle).

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United States Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

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Western Washington University

Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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Xprize Foundation

XPRIZE Foundation is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development. Automotive X Prize and Xprize Foundation are Challenge awards and x Prizes.

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ZAP (motor company)

ZAP was an American company that specialized in electric vehicles of various types, such as cars, motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, watercraft, hovercraft, ATVs and commercial vehicles.

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ZAP Alias

The ZAP Alias Roadster was a proposed plug-in electric three-wheeled sports car, from the defunct American electric car maker ZAP in Santa Rosa, California.

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See also

Challenge awards

Motor vehicle awards

Progressive Corporation

X Prizes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_X_Prize

Also known as 100 mpg, Auto X Prize, Auto X-Prize, Automotive X-Prize, Automotive xprize, Progressive Automotive X-Prize, Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE.

, The Very Light Car, Twike, United States Department of Energy, Western Washington University, Wired (magazine), Xprize Foundation, ZAP (motor company), ZAP Alias.