Tata enters race for 100-mpg car
Tata Motors Ltd. of India has signed on as the first automaker to enter
the Progressive Automotive X Prize competition. The privately funded $10
million prize, to be awarded in 2010, will go to teams that develop
vehicles that attain at least 100 mpg and win a series of races designed to
simulate real-world driving conditions. Vehicles that don't use gasoline
must get the energy equivalent of 100 mpg.