Cars

Improve my gas mileage! How many times has that thought made it’s way through your brain. People world wide have been saying it for nearly 100 years now ever since the beginning of the industrial age

Gas mileage devices have nearly doubled the gas mileage that cars can get over the last 75 years but progress has been painfully slow. Especially during that last couple of decades which have seen virtually no change.

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 officially launched in March but you have plenty of time to still get in the race.

Up for grabs is a Whopping $10 million dollar prize and the first individual or group of individuals who can demonstrate 100mgp in a cross-country race, wins the cash.

If you are up for the game, the competition is scheduled to being in 2009. So, if you think you can “improve my gas mileage” don’t just sit there, get to 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. And at the top of the list? Improve my gas mileage!

The cars that are developed need to be easy in concept and simple to communicate and understand. Cars that you and I can work on. What a concept huh?

The benefits of this car need to be global in definition. So, on those terms, anyone from anywhere can compete in this race. It doesn’t matter where you reside, bring your brains!

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.

Don’t get hung up on the technicals. If you can build something that you can enter and it is capable of being manufactured then all shade tree mechanics world wide need to get busy!

The implications of such a contest are huge! Not only for the winners of the contest but for the entire world in general.

Think of how life could change for you and how the far reaching effects of such an advancement would benefit other industries changing our world before our eyes.

There’s lots more information about this on the net if you know where to start searching so get those fingers and eyeballs working. You never know. Maybe you will be the one to give us all the gas mileage improvement we all really need.