{"id":724957,"date":"2010-04-27T22:31:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T02:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/automotive-x-prize-begins\/14906\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:29:47","slug":"on-track-testing-underway-for-automotive-x-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/724957","title":{"rendered":"On-track testing underway for Automotive X-Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/automotive-x-prize.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"ZAP, Santa Rosa, California (Electric\"><\/p>\n<p>The pick of the world&#8217;s most fuel efficient vehicles are lining-up at the Michigan International Speedway this week for stage one of the &#36;10 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/automotive+x-prize\/\" >Automotive X PRIZE<\/a>. Thirty-six entrants are are taking part in the initial &#8220;Shakedown Stage&#8221; (April 26-May 7), where they will undergo official safety checks before hitting the track for final testing and an opportunity to iron-out any last minute bugs&#8230;<br \/>\nContinue Reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/automotive-x-prize-begins\/14906\/\">On-track testing underway for Automotive X-Prize<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/aptera\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aptera<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/automotive+x-prize\/\" rel=\"tag\">Automotive X-Prize<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/tata\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tata<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/x-prize\/\" rel=\"tag\">X-Prize<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/zap\/\" rel=\"tag\">ZAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/hybrid-x-team-automotive-x-prize\/13084\/\">West Philly Hybrid X high school team in race for Auto X Prize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/x-prize-design-phase\/13357\/\">X Prize competition moves to next phase with 43 teams remaining<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tata-motors-joins-race-for-10milion-auto-x-prize\/9395\/\">Tata Motors joins race for &#36;10milion auto X PRIZE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/subaru-hybrid-tourer-concept\/13851\/\">Subaru&#8217;s treat for the eyes: the Hybrid Tourer Concept <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4599\/\">Porsche Plans Cayenne with Hybrid Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/paris-motor-show-highlights-hondas-new-insight-hybrid\/10155\/\">Paris Motor Show highlights: Honda&#8217;s new Insight hybrid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6GRIC0USn1UG0nq0xs468T_CjWo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6GRIC0USn1UG0nq0xs468T_CjWo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6GRIC0USn1UG0nq0xs468T_CjWo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6GRIC0USn1UG0nq0xs468T_CjWo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=ZGfc6Bs9YHg:VDdkKiIxKnQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/ZGfc6Bs9YHg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pick of the world&#8217;s most fuel efficient vehicles are lining-up at the Michigan International Speedway this week for stage one of the &#36;10 million Automotive X PRIZE. Thirty-six entrants are are taking part in the initial &#8220;Shakedown Stage&#8221; (April 26-May 7), where they will undergo official safety checks before hitting the track for final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-32AR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826592,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724957\/revisions\/826592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}