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Ingenious : a true story of invention, automotive daring, and the race to revive America / Jason Fagone.

By: Fagone, Jason [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 2013Edition: First edition.Description: viii, 375 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307591487 (hbk.) :; 0307591484 (hbk.); 9780307591494 (hbk.); 0307591492 (hbk.).Subject(s): Automobiles -- Energy consumption -- Research -- United States | Automobiles -- Energy consumption -- Technological innovations -- United States | Automobiles -- Design and construction -- Competitions -- United States | Inventors -- United States | Creative ability -- United States | Industrial development projects -- United StatesDDC classification: 629.222 Other classification: SOC002010 | TEC057000 | TEC009090
Contents:
A nation of inventors -- Shakedown. Kevin and Jen ; Space kids ; The abyss of lightness ; Ride or die ; Immigrants ; Engineers ; Yoda and Little Old Man ; Wingless ; The hypocrisy the masturbating hand endures ; Edison2 welcomes informed comment ; The moose test -- Knockout. The Nobel Prize in engineering ; Yesterday today and forever ; Fit and finish ; Little red Corvette ; This whole new scale ; Lungs cannot oxidize ; Voodoo Steve ; Heat ; Goonies never say die -- The ragged edge. The greatest place on earth ; The race ; Capitol Hill ; Traction ; The Old Frontage Road -- Airborne.
Summary: Peter Diamandis announced that he would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that traveled 100 miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas. The challenge attracted more than 300 teams from all over the world, including dozens of amateurs. This book follows four teams from the build stage to the final race and beyond.
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A nation of inventors -- Shakedown. Kevin and Jen ; Space kids ; The abyss of lightness ; Ride or die ; Immigrants ; Engineers ; Yoda and Little Old Man ; Wingless ; The hypocrisy the masturbating hand endures ; Edison2 welcomes informed comment ; The moose test -- Knockout. The Nobel Prize in engineering ; Yesterday today and forever ; Fit and finish ; Little red Corvette ; This whole new scale ; Lungs cannot oxidize ; Voodoo Steve ; Heat ; Goonies never say die -- The ragged edge. The greatest place on earth ; The race ; Capitol Hill ; Traction ; The Old Frontage Road -- Airborne.

Peter Diamandis announced that he would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that traveled 100 miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas. The challenge attracted more than 300 teams from all over the world, including dozens of amateurs. This book follows four teams from the build stage to the final race and beyond.

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