Progressive Automotive XPRIZE
Paid $10 million to teams building production-ready cars that hit over 100 miles per gallon.
XPRIZE's own competition page carries two different dates for when this prize wrapped up: a 'Duration' field near the top reads 2008-2017, while the Prize Schedule section further down says the competition launched in 2008 and concluded in 2010, the same year Edison2 was named the Mainstream Class winner (the About section separately says the competition launched in 2007). The page's Winner summar…
The competition looked for teams worldwide able to design and build production-capable vehicles exceeding 100 miles per gallon, or the energy equivalent, without giving up safety or performance. Entrants competed across vehicle classes and were judged on efficiency, emissions and drivability over real track and road trials.
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