Automotive X-Prize

[lightweight]

Remember the X-Prize on Space Flight and Genomics? Now there is a similar initiative on automotive technology!

The winning vehicle will have to achieve at least 43 kilometres per litre (100 miles per US gallon), regardless of the type of fuel it uses. Its carbon emissions must be no more than 125 grams of carbon per kilometre. And it has to be cheap enough to expect sales of 10,000 each year.

The prize's value has not yet been announced, but will likely be in excess of $10 million

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0704.../070402-2.html

[drakkie]

Remember the X-Prize on Space Flight and Genomics? Now there is a similar initiative on automotive technology!

The winning vehicle will have to achieve at least 43 kilometres per litre (100 miles per US gallon), regardless of the type of fuel it uses. Its carbon emissions must be no more than 125 grams of carbon per kilometre. And it has to be cheap enough to expect sales of 10,000 each year.

The prize's value has not yet been announced, but will likely be in excess of $10 million

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0704.../070402-2.html

In that case VW will likely modify one of it's cars and take the win. 1 litre on 33 kilometres comes quite close

But i'll be curious what the 2nd year students of my university think of it, as they are allready designing a vehicle for the Shell Eco Challenge.

[Matra et Alpine]

100 miles per gallon is easily delivered ( cough :embarrased: cough ).
Take a current "best in class" and fit narrow, high pressure tyres

[drakkie]

100 miles per gallon is easily delivered ( especailly with "bigger" US gallons ).
Take a current "best in class" and fit narrow, high pressure tyres

Ideal for the American market with less turns in the roads !

It'd cause genocide if sold in a country like switserland...

[Coventrysucks]

( especailly with "bigger" US gallons ).

Other way round, UK gallons are the "big ones" - 0.38 litres bigger than a tiddly little US one.

[Matra et Alpine]

Other way round, UK gallons are the "big ones" - 0.38 litres bigger than a tiddly little US one.

jeez, MORE brain-farts --- removed

[drakkie]

jeez, MORE brain-farts --- removed

It must be kinda smelly in your office by now with all these farts

[Coventrysucks]

jeez, MORE brain-farts --- removed

In America, everything is bigger. Except pints, gallons and inches.

[bmwpower]

In that case VW will likely modify one of it's cars and take the win. 1 litre on 33 kilometres comes quite close

But i'll be curious what the 2nd year students of my university think of it, as they are allready designing a vehicle for the Shell Eco Challenge.

Forigve me but is that the consumption on the TDi??

Cause i've been looking but the best i've seen is the prius with 60 MPG but the say that realistically it only does 45...

[Ferrer]

Forigve me but is that the consumption on the TDi??

Cause i've been looking but the best i've seen is the prius with 60 MPG but the say that realistically it only does 45...

A Citroen C1 HDI can do up to 83mpg...

http://www.citroen.co.uk/level4/tech...yle=&infoID=13

[h00t_h00t]

Do caterham win?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007...mpg_sports.php

[Coventrysucks]

Do caterham win?

No, because

1- That car is built by Axom

2- Expect sales of 10,000 a year?

[2ndclasscitizen]

Do caterham win?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007...mpg_sports.php

Gotta love the 14" steelies on that thing. Cheese cutters FTW

[The_Canuck]

The building and development of the car itself will probably cost 10million

[Alastor]

The building and development of the car itself will probably cost 10million

I think most companies would be pretty happy with having the NRE recouped immediately, instead of trying to get it back in unit sales.