WOW-POW = World Of Wonderful POWer: Interview: Driving towards the 100-mpg car

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Interview: Driving towards the 100-mpg car

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize is a global competition offering $10 million in prizes to teams that can develop commercially viable cars able to travel 100 miles on one gallon of petrol, or the equivalent energy in another form.

However they are powered, the vehicles must also emit less than 200 grams of carbon dioxide per mile. That is around half that of a typical passenger vehicle, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Read the John Shore Interview here: