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     Every few weeks, Cornell AXP Team members write blog articles that are published by Popular Mechanics in their online Automotive News. Click on the article titles below to read about our team's progress!

  •  5/21/2008 - "Last-Minute Mods Get Cornell’s...Mule in Test Rally for Real-World MPG Clues"
  • "Cornell AXP unleashed the team's mule car on the open road for the first time recently, participating in the 2008 Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The 60-mile road rally, now in its fourth year, is a showcase for alternative-energy vehicles and was the team’s first stop en route to the race for the Automotive X Prize...."

  •  5/15/2008 - "Cornell Auto X Prize Team Hacks Metro Geo Chassis for 100-mpg Hybrid"
  • "Electric power generation may be the most complex and innovative aspect of building a hybrid for the Automotive X Prize, but a solid foundation to support all that battery weight is just as important. As Cornell's Popular Mechanics-sponsored AXP team integrated electrical components into its Geo Metro mule, the car's chassis has received a complete overhaul as well..."

  •  4/7/2008 - "PM-Sponsored Cornell Auto X Prize Squad Builds Mega-Efficient Drivetrain"
  • "With just one semester of school before X Prize qualification rounds begin, a flurry of work by different groups within the Cornell AXP team is progressing here simultaneously. We ordered supplies for transforming our Geo Metro into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle after our last update, and with much of our hardware in house, we’ve begun work on the mule—and its modified drivetrain...."
  •  2/21/2008 - "PM's Huge Auto X-Prize Team Tests Geo Metro..."
  • "In our last update, we announced that the Cornell team had selected a Geo Metro as our mule car for the Automotive X-Prize. Picking the right ride was an important step in developing our plug-in hybrid entry, but over the next semester the real hands-on work gets interesting..."

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