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The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP or AXP) was a set of competitions programs and events from the X Prize Foundation to inspire a new generation of super-efficient vehicles that help break America’s addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change. Progressive Insurance was the title sponsor of the prize the centerpiece of which is the Competition Division within which a 10-million-dollar purse was divided between the winners of three competitions.The essence of each competition was to design build and race super-efficient vehicles that achieved 100 MPGe (2.35 liter/100 kilometer) efficiency produced less than 200 grams/mile well-to-wheel CO2 equivalent emissions and could be manufactured for the mass market.