Energy & Transport

Finalists will receive a modest cash award and exclusive access to transportation industry leaders, which will help the teams develop the final versions of their products. The whole process culminates with an American Idol-style public-voting competition and a final announcement of the grand prize winners on April 1.

 

This vehicle competition continues in the “My Data” tradition of the Green Button-oriented Apps for Energy Challenge, which demonstrated that empowering people with their own electricity consumption data can help to fight climate change while also saving people money. As with the Apps for Energy Challenge, the Apps for Vehicles Challenge seeks to spur a new wave of product innovation and small business growth. These finalists demonstrate that newly available data can fuel this type of economic development.