Improve My Gas Mileage: Can $10 Million Bucks Convince You?
August 6th, 2008 Filed Under General
Improve my gas mileage! That’s the statement that’s been going around since nearly the dawn of the industrial age. Nearly 100 years of just trying to figure out how get further on a gallon of gas.
From the very first car pulling off the assembly line the quest for gas mileage improvements has been front and center. It all started with trying for that 25mpg car and continues to this very day.
Although gas mileage devices have nearly doubled the actual mileage most cars get in the last 75 years, progress on this front has never been slower.
Enter the Auto X Prize competition sponsored by the Progressive auto insurance company. The contest is now underway to build the first 100 mpg car. The contest offically launched in March but you have plenty of time to still get in the race.
The Auto X Prize will award a $10 million dollar prize to the first person…or group of persons…who can demonstrate that 100mpg achievement during cross-country races.
The races are scheduled to begin in 2009 so if you are game to invent the first car that can provide a solution to the "improve my gas mileage" demands of decades, get building!
Do you think you have what it takes to make your mark in history? So what exactly are the rules to this competition? What is the goal of it all?
Well, of course, the main goals are obvious. We need super energy efficient cars that will not only clean up our environment but also break our dependence on foreign oil.
The cars that are developed need to be easy in concept and simple to communicate and understand. Car that you and I can work on. What a concept huh?
It needs to be a car that will benefit the entire world and as such this will be global competition. Anyone anywhere can enter. No matter where you come from, your brains are welcome.
The resulting cars need to be something people can buy. No concept cars will be accepted so your submission must be something that is ready for production.
The other rules of engagement include independent and fair non-partisan contestants and must provide clear understanding of the emissions, safety, fuel efficiency, performance and a couple other technical boundaries.
Not to worry with those much though. If you can come up with it and it can be manufactured, then all you shade tree mechanics get on your grease gloves and get to work!
The implications of such a contest are huge! Not only for the winners of the contest but for the entire world in general.
Imagine for a moment how life could change for all of us and how the far reaching effects into other industries would change life as we know it.
There is much more info online concerning the cars with best gas mileage if you know where to look so let your finger do the walking and maybe you too will see gas mileage improvement beyond your wildest imagination!
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