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Progressive Automotive X PRIZE
The goal of the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE blog is to use fair, honest and expert communication to voice the realities of the global automotive industry, to challenge current market assumptions, to celebrate those willing to take risks in search of meaningful change, and to encourage public conversation about, debate of and support for radical and sustainable breakthroughs that fulfill our mission.

  • Eltra Continues To Take On Challenges and Perservere
    The Eltra team can tell you a thing or two about “Who Killed the Electric Car,” as they have lived it – many times over. With the advent of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition, Eltra is proving that...

  • BDCOTSRUS Puts Ideas Into Action
    Each of the Qualified Teams in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition has a unique story to tell about their technology, how they came together and the struggles that they face as they work to bring their vehicle or...

  • Cornell 100+ MPG Team Finds Strengths from Challenges
    Each of the Qualified Teams in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition has a unique story to tell about their technology, how they came together and the struggles that they face as they work to bring their vehicle or...

  • Fun in Detroit
    We are having a great time in Detroit, sharing the DASH+ opportunity with high school students and their teachers, and planning the grand prize experience for the ultimate winners of the DASH+ competition.We are here for Education Day at the...

  • Progressive Insurance Auto X PRIZE to Live Blog from NAIAS on Tues, Jan 12
    This Tuesday, January 12, The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE will announce some exciting news from the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. If you can’t be there in person, join the conversation LIVE, right here. Check back...

  • Walking the Floor at the 2009 LA Auto Show
    Today I have the opportunity to walk the floor of the 2009 LA Auto Show as the Press Days kick-off. As always at major auto shows, I feel the continued and increasing relevancy of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE....

  • Team Summit Day #1 - Teams Get Schooled in Competition PR and Social Media
    After wrapping up the technical talk at the Qualified Team Summit, the conversation turned to marketing and social media. One of the many goals of the competition is to inform the public and get them engaged and involved in the...

  • Team Summit Day #1 - Data Tracking and Emissions Testing
    Later in the morning of Day #1 of the Qualified Team Summit, teams were introduced to representatives from Morey Corp. and Sensor’s Inc., who will respectively handle the competition’s Data Acquisition System and On-Road Emissions Testing equipment. The integration of...