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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.

  • The Competition Isn’t Over Yet: Why Validation Matters
    With the on-track stages behind us and the results of those on-track stages prominently available on the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE website, one might think the winners of this $10M competition are a foregone conclusion. Well, here are a...

  • Coast Down Testing at Chrysler’s Proving Grounds Complete: Teams Advance to Validation Stage at Argonne National Lab
    With the close of the on-track stages barely 12 hours behind them, teams spent the better portion of Wednesday, July 28th loading and transporting their vehicles from Michigan International Speedway to Chrysler’s Proving Grounds in Chelsea, a short distance away....

  • What Do Scouts Prize?
    X PRIZE Education spent the last ten days at the 2010 Centennial Boy Scout Jamboree in Fort A. P. Hill, VA, sharing the X PRIZE experience with scouts who had traveled from all 50 states to be part of the...

  • Update: Aptera Achieves 178.2 MPGe
    As requested by the Aptera team, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE organizers have reviewed the charging data used to determine the results of the Fuel Efficiency test within the Finals stage of the Competition. The fuel efficiency number of...

  • Boy Scout Recreates X PRIZE Cars, LEGO Style
    We challenged Boy Scouts attending the 2010 Centennial National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia to recreate their favorite Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE cars with LEGOS. Boy Scout Jamal P.'s LEGO interpretation of the TW4XP from the...

  • A Race to the Finish!
    UPDATE 8/3/10: We apologize to the ZAP team for publishing the errored results which state that the ZAP vehicle was 12 laps behind the leaders within the Combined Efficiency Event on July 27th. The ZAP vehicle completed 48 of the...

  • Final Day of Finals -- Teams on the Homestretch for Multi-Million Dollar Prize Purses
    The first week of Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE finals brought the competitive field from 15 vehicles at the start of the week to 11 vehicles by the end of the day on Friday 7/23. After a weekend away from...

  • What it Takes to Make it to the Validation Stage
    With the release of the results of efficiency testing from Week 1 of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, followers of the competition might be wondering why vehicles that didn't quite reach 100 MPGe on the track are moving on...