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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE
Team Summit@SEMA Show, Las Vegas

On Nov 2 and 3, 2009 at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, 42 teams from 17 U.S. states and 10 countries gathered for technical briefings at the first Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Team Summit. Along with business networking opportunities, teams also had a chance to meet the Competition organizers, sponsors and judges. 12 competing vehicles were featured at the SEMA Show, the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world.


Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE
enters next phase of Competition

On October 19th, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE announced the 43 Qualified Teams who received passing scores from the Design Judges and are therefore qualified to progress to the next stage of the competition. The Design Judging process, whereby a team of select automotive experts evaluated 97 registered entries reduced the field by more than half. The remaining teams will bring a total of 53 vehicles (28 Mainstream and 25 Alternative Class) into the next stage of the competition.

Qualified Teams have passed two hurdles – the Registration process and Design Judging. The next phase of the competition is the technical qualifiers, which begin in Spring 2010.

You can follow the progress of your favorite team here on the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE website by visiting the team pages and signing up for their various social networking updates.

Registration for the Competition Division of the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE closed on February 28, 2009. The Demonstration Division of the competition remains open. If you have not already done so, please make sure to sign up to receive regular updates about the teams and the competition.


On February 3rd, 2009 at the Washington Auto Show, the X PRIZE Foundation, the United States Department of Energy, and Discovery Education launched the first phase of an online knowledge center designed to teach K-12 students and the public about advanced vehicle technologies, energy efficiency, climate change, alternative fuels, and the science, technology, engineering and math that underlie efficient vehicle development. Complete details here.

FuelOurFutureNow.com features activities for grade levels K-12, as well as high-quality videos, virtual labs, and other interactive resources intended for use from the classroom to the living room.


On March 20th, 2008 at the New York International Auto Show, the X PRIZE Foundation and Progressive Insurance jointly announced the $10 million dollar Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. "Let the race begin!" said X PRIZE Chairman and CEO Dr. Peter Diamandis. Complete details here.

People love their cars. They are vital links to our jobs, our community, ourselves. For everything we love about them, cars are chained to the most severe global crises of our time: oil dependence and climate change.

Through an exciting partnership with Progressive Insurance, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE invites teams from around the world to focus on a single goal: design viable, clean and super-efficient cars that people want to buy.

This will be a competition for the ages, with major publicity and $10 million waiting for the champions… and perhaps our future hanging in the balance.