Automotive X Prize News: August 10th, 2008

Brothers race for 100-mpg prize, featuring Belloso Motors, and also mentioning Visionary Vehicles.

Martin Eberhart: Roadster Impressions, the first 1,000 miles in his new orange-stripped Tesla Roadster. Franz von Holzhausen to Tesla Motors as design director, supposedly hand-picked by Elon Musk for the job. Tesla hires Deepak Ahuja away from Ford to serve as CFO

Al Yousuf Group Provides a $10 Million Financing Arrangement for ZAP, to capitalize on growth (ZAP is up to 50 dealerships, from 20).

High School Students Building Car, Chasing $10M Prize, featuring the West Philly Hybrid X Team.

Wingless Flight, featuring Aptera.

CNN: 106 mpg 'air car' creates buss, questions, featuring MDI & Zero Pollution Motors.

Mitsubishi Motors to Begin i MiEV Fleet Testing in US with Two California Utilities.

Nissan Previews Its Electric Car, Called by Some a "Volt Fighter". 80 kilowatts of power, 300 lbs of li-ion batteries, perhaps 100 miles of range.

Triac tryouts to begin this October, deliveries in November.