Photos: Prepping for the X Prize
Carmakers are already charging batteries, tuning engines and inflating tires to get ready for DARPA's Progressive Automotive X Prize contest, which will deliver $10m (£5m) to the winner whose car can exceed 100 miles per gallon. At the New York Auto Show last week, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled Progressive Casualty Insurance as the sponsor of one of the most interesting auto contests to date.
FuelVapor Technologies of British Columbia developed a three-wheel car called the Alé. It contains an engine that runs off petrol fumes instead of the petrol itself. The company estimates that a 10-gallon tank full of gas can run for 15 hours. Plus, it goes from 0 to 60 mph in 5 seconds.
Credit: FuelVapor Technologies
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