Automobile Awards - Automotive X Prize, Ward's 10 Best Engines, Car and Driver 10best, Automotive Hall of Fame, Canadian Car of the Year (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Automotive X Prize, Ward's 10 Best Engines, Car and Driver 10Best, Automotive Hall of Fame, Canadian Car of the Year, International Engine of the Year, Motor Trend Car of the Year, MotorWeek Drivers' Choice Awards, European Car of the Year, World Car of the Year, RJC Car of the Year, Automobile Magazine All-Stars, Car of the Century, Louis Schwitzer Award, North American Car of the Year, Green Car Vision Award, International Car of the Year, Semperit Irish Car of the Year, Green Car of the Year, Dewar Trophy, Wheels Car of the Year, Car Engineer of the Century, Car Designer of the Century, Car of the Year Japan, Automotive Executive of the Year Award, Car and Driver Supercar Challenge, PACE Award, Car Executive of the Century, Car Entrepreneur of the Century. Excerpt: The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP or AXP) was a set of competitions, programs and events, from the X Prize Foundation to "inspire a new generation of super-efficient vehicles that help break America's addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change." Progressive Insurance was the title sponsor of the prize, the centerpiece of which is the Competition Division, within which a $10 million dollar purse was divided between the winners of three competitions. The essence of each competition is to design, build and race super-efficient vehicles that achieve 100 MPGe (2.35 liter/100 kilometer) efficiency, produce less than 200 grams/mile well-to-wheel CO2 equivalent emissions, and could be manufactured for the mass market. Within the Competition Division, there are two vehicle classes: Mainstream and Alternative. The mainstream class has a prize of $5 million. The alternate class has two separate prizes of $2.5 million, one for side-by-side seating and one for tandem seating. The PIAXP has an Educational Program, funded by a $3.5 mill...