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Lodging Planner for Lake Tahoe Weekend Run - May 18 - 19, 2024

Saturday and Sunday overnight run to South Lake Tahoe. Enjoy the backroads, less traveled, and even more scenic than your usual run up the f...

Progressive Automotive X-Prize Contestants


If you have never heard of this contest the idea is to design, operate and exhibit a production-capable car that meets federal safety guidelines, with a working business plan to produce and sell 10,000 annually by 2014. The car must deliver at least 100 MPG and CO2 emissions no greater than 200 grams per kilometer. The winner gets ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00). Engadget comments, with pictures, on 20 of this year's contestants.