The Cornell Auto X-Prize Team is an engineering project group whose goal is to compete in and win the Automotive X-Prize Competition. We are also striving to help develop a new form of automobile that will reduce global non-renewable power consumption and harmful emissions.
6/3/2008 -
XPrizeCars.com's Interview with Terence Davidovits
XPrizeCars.com has released an audio clip of an interview they conducted with our former team leader, Terence Davidovits, at the New York International Auto Show on March 21, 2008.
Read the full article and listen to the audio clip here.
5/21/2008 -
Popular Mechanics Publishes our Latest Blog Article
Head over to our Blog Section and check out the latest Cornell AXP blog article about our involvement at the Green Grand Prix!
5/3/2008 -
The Cornell Foray is Tested in the 2008 Green Grand Prix
The Cornell Foray was driven for a distance of over 60 miles today in the Green Grand Prix, held in Watkin's Glen, NY. Despite the tight deadlines and long hours that the team faced in preparing it to effectively run on both gasoline and electric power, the car performed admirably and exceeded all of our expectations. We are currently gearing up to take the Foray into the next stage of its development, and we invite you to keep checking our regular Popular Mechanics-sponsored blog articles for updates on our progress!
Photos of our participation at the Green Grand Prix are now available in the photo gallery!
4/25/2008 -
"Team Competes to Build Most Fuel-Efficient Car" - Cornell Daily Sun
"While most students are complaining about rising gas prices, others are working to compete for the Automotive X-Prize, a competition challenging participants to create a car that is both more financially sound and fuel-efficient than any other vehicle on the market..."
Read the full article here.
