Lightning Hybrid Cars

As the figure of merit for fuel economy, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE is using MPGe (miles per gallon energy equivalent), defined as:
MPGe = (miles driven) / [(total energy of all fuels consumed)/(energy of one gallon of gasoline)])
MPGe is a simple, well-defined measure of overall vehicle efficiency. [...]

Lightning Hybrids will unveil a prototype of a car at the Denver Auto Show that could get 100 miles per gallon by sometime this summer.
Tuesday night, the burgeoning company, Lightning Hybrids, asked the Loveland City Council for some help toward that goal.
It was among three companies seeking help with expansion projects, as well as the [...]

I have been seeing this logo on several Progressive Automotive X Prize team sites and blogs.

It is the official contender logo, this one coming from the Avion Car Company. These guys go way ‘ back in the day’.
According to the Avion Car Company,
The Avion was developed as a lightweight and aerodynamic and very fuel-efficient sports [...]

There is no official X Prize seal yet, the only way to confirm that any one is a official X Prize contender is to check the X Prize website. You can access the registered teams and the list of intent contenders, if they are not listed they are a imitation, a fake. Here is the [...]

Is it a car or a plane, what about a boat, no its the Aptera, one of the X Prize teams. One thing for sure, this is a car of tomorrow today. With gull-wing doors that open upwards, and a body design that draws inspiration from nature’s creatures that embrace the environment instead of trying [...]