Automotive X Prize List Gets Shorter

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize made its first round of cuts, leaving 43 teams still in the running for the $10 million prize. All these teams have passed round one — design judging. Round two, which will examine the technical feasibility of the entrants, begins in spring 2010.

Those still in the running include corporate teams, like Tesla and Zap, and schools like Western Washington University, Cornell, and a team from a West Philadelphia high school. For the conspiracy buffs, Illuminati Motor Works has made it past round two. International teams from Italy and Switzerland made the cut, too. And of course the space-age white Aptera 2e is hanging in there.

For a complete list of the teams so far, and a detailed description of the prize, visit the X Prize web site.