A tour around the X-Prize winning Edison2 Very Light Car (video)

A few months ago, three teams split $10 million in prizes, finally claiming the Progressive Insurance Automotive X prize . They’re all at CES, and we got a chance to speak in detail with one of the men behind one of them, Edison2′s Oliver Kutter, about the design of the car and, ultimately, what’s going to come next thanks to that $5 million in cash the company walked away with. Read on for the details from that conversation, including why this tiny thing could actually be safer than a traditional car, as well as a video walkthrough, and pictures of the winner of the two-wheeled X-Tracer too. Gallery: Automotive X-Prize winners Continue reading A tour around the X-Prize winning Edison2 Very Light Car (video) A tour around the X-Prize winning Edison2 Very Light Car (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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