Tag Archives: X PRIZE

Automotive X PRIZE Winners on Today Show

Friday morning, September 17th, 2010, all 3 (Edison2, Li-Ion, and X-Tracer) PIAXP winning vehicles and Team Leaders appeared on MSNBC’s Today Show in New York City. Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE on the Today Show [Source: MSNBC Today Show]

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Automotive X PRIZE Winners Ad in USA TODAY

On page 9A of the Friday, September 17th, 2010 issue of USA TODAY newspaper Progressive Insurance published a full page ad of the Automotive X PRIZE Winners.

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X-Tracer Team PIAXP Win Reports

Here are several X-Tracer Team PIAXP win reports of the Alternative Tandem Class: ********************************************************************************* 2010.09.16 – LA Times Blog by Tiffany Hsu – Three fuel-efficient cars win Automotive X PRIZE competition. ********************************************************************************* 2010.09.16 – Autoblog Green – Automotive X PRIZE: … Continue reading

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Team X-Tracer wins the PIAXP Alternative Tandem Class

Thursday, September 16th, 2010 was an incredibly exciting day for Team X-Tracer attending the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE awards ceremony hosted at 10:30am on the grounds of the Historical Society Museum of Washington, DC.  E-Tracer #79 powered by AC … Continue reading

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E-Tracer #79 on the Argonne Labs Dyno

Catch some glimpses of the futuristic AC Propulsion powered E-Tracer #79 at Argonne National Laboratory on the dyno during  the X PRIZE validation testing in this latest PIAXP video: Validation – Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

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Team X-Tracer PIAXP Validation Video

X-Tracer Team leader and E-Tracer visionary Roger Riedener and team member Jim Lorimer share their passion for the phenomenally efficient high performance cabin motorcycle E-Tracers in this nicely edited Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE validation video. X-Tracer – Progressive Insurance … Continue reading

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Back at the shop, trying to work

We’re all back to our normal lives, or at least that’s what we are trying to tell ourselves.  There is a lot of work that had to be postponed, and I’m way behind in my MonoTracer sales budget of 2010. … Continue reading

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E-Tracers Successfully Complete X PRIZE Validation Stage!

I was picked up by Felix flying his A340-200 into Chicago and enjoyed a very smooth ride home to Switzerland today.  I spent the last week in “Government Quarantine” at Argonne National Laboratory.  The two E-Tracers passed all the foregoing … Continue reading

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Popular Mechanics covers Radical X PRIZE Vehicles

As of today go out and buy your copy of Popular Mechanics at the newsstand!  On the cover you can find the Li-Ion, the Canadian FVT three-wheeler, and the Edison2.  We also received some coverage.  Funny that they made bets on all teams for … Continue reading

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Validation Stage begins at Argonne National Laboratory

Having spent a whole week doing more or less nothing except sleeping and eating at Jim Lorimer’s house in Richmond, VA, I flew to Chicago on Sunday the 8th of August. Monday the 9th I found my way into ANL … Continue reading

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