Automotive X Prize Website Launches
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 07.26.06
Awhile back, TreeHugger mentioned the new Automotive X Prize, designed to break our oil dependence and the climate change that results from burning that oil, awhile back, and we're glad to see that they have two companion websites up and running. The Automotive X PRIZE will invite teams from around the world to focus on a single goal: design, build and sell super-efficient cars that people want to buy. The first site is devoted to provide background information and resources on the competition; the second site is a blog that hopes to use fair, honest and expert communication to voice the realities of the global automotive industry as well as challenge current market assumptions on their way to sponsoring and promoting the competition's winners. The specific rules are still in development, so until the competition launches, head over there and learn a thing or two about what might be the next big thing in automobiles. ::Automotive X Prize, ::X Prize Blog via ::AutoblogGreen
Is the site really up, or did it get crushed with hits?
Hi Carl:
I noticed your comment about not being able to access our Automotive X PRIZE site. Our site appears to be up and functional. I'd love to know more details of the problem you experienced (especially if you still can't get to http://auto.xprize.org or http://autoblog.xprize.org) and your browser version so that we can track down the problem.
Thanks for your interest in the Automotive X PRIZE!
Cristin Lindsay
Senior Director, Automotive X PRIZE
Nope, still can't get to either, as of 5:30 CT.
Maybe it's one of those virus 'browser blocks'. Can't be sure.
Thanks Carl. If you write to us at autoprize@xprize.org with more details (your browser version, what error is displayed etc.) that will help us track down the problem.
In the meantime, we hope more of you visit our new site and blog and share your thoughts and opinions about our prize with us!
Cristin Lindsay
Senior Director, Automotive X PRIZE
This is really exciting stuff. I think things are really reaching a tipping point in the tech sector now with the MIT Vehicle Design Summit (which I'm currently attending) and the formation of the automotive X-Prize. I think if we keep getting these groups of visionary people together we can make a lot of progress even if it's not all at once. VDS isn't gonna solve the world's problems, but when you add the X-Prize, and all the other work being done to bring green energy into the mainstream, I think green may be the new black, eh?