"Chances are, if you’re a green car blogs reader, you’ve heard of the Automotive X-Prize," writes Christopher DeMorro, a blogger for Gas 2.0. And if you’ve heard of the Automotive X-Prize, chances are you’ve heard of the sole competitor left with a shot at the competition’s $5 million prize—former Charlottesville developer Oliver Kuttner.
Three "Very Light Car" designs (explained) from Kuttner’s Edison2 design team remain in the X-Prize challenge, which encourages teams of researchers "to build a car that gets at least 100 MPGe [miles per gallon equivalent] in real world driving and is safe, affordable and desirable." While the competition still has a few weeks of tests remaining, Kuttner’s squad is the last group with a shot at the win, having posted some fine results in the June 29 knockout (here, in PDF).
Kuttner’s Chief of Design, Ron Mathis, recently spoke with design blog Inhabitat about the three Edison2 designs remaining in the challenge. And, to hear AutoBlog.com tell it, one of them seems ready and able to crack the 100MPGe barrier. Or, hear a bit more from Kuttner himself: