"How to Reduce Oil Dependency" Clip from Interview with Oliver Kuttner, 2011
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Oliver Kuttner is the CEO/founder of Edison2. Edison2's Very Light Car won the $5 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, which went to a car that could seat four passengers, go at least 200 miles on a tank or charge, and meet various other stringent performance standards. Edison2's next phase is to develop their prototype into a car for the consumer market. …
Oliver Kuttner is the CEO/founder of Edison2. Edison2's Very Light Car won the $5 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, which went to a car that could seat four passengers, go at least 200 miles on a tank or charge, and meet various other stringent performance standards. Edison2's next phase is to develop their prototype into a car for the consumer market.
Oliver Kuttner is a Charlottesville, Virginia, entrepreneur and lifelong auto enthusiast. He is the CEO of Edison2, which he founded in 2007 to compete in the $5 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. Edison2's Very Light Car won the competition, which went to a car that could seat four passengers, go at least 200 miles on a tank or charge, and meet various other stringent performance standards. Kuttner assembled a team in Lynchburg, Virginia, composed of old racing friends, aerodynamic experts, and others to produce the winner. Edison2's next phase is to turn their prototype into a car for the consumer market.
Artifact
Film clip
Date Made
22 February 2011
Subject Date
22 February 2011
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.154.1.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Edison2.