No X Prize for battery-powered Zap vehicle

<p>Three engineering teams split $10 million in prize money for building super fuel-efficient cars on Thursday, after the X Prize Foundation announced results of two-year competition in Washington D.C.</p><p>An electric car from Santa Rosa's Zap Inc. was among the finalists but didn't receive a prize.</p><p>The “Very Light Car” from Edison2 in Lynchburg, Virginia, won the $5 million top prize. The ethanol-powered four-wheel car got more than 100 miles per gallon. It weighs just 830 pounds.</p><p>The two-seat battery electric “Wave II” from Li-ion Motors of Mooresville, North Carolina, won $2.5 million. The car gets the equivalent of 187 miles per gallon.</p><p>The battery electric tandem-seat “E-Tracer” from X-Tracer in Winterthur, Switzerland, also won $2.5 million. It has a range of 100 miles and over 200 equivalent miles per gallon.</p><p>More than 130 vehicles completed in the contest, co-sponsored by Progressive Insurance.</p><p>Zap's three-wheel, battery electric-powered Alias model was a finalist in the alternative side-by-side class, which was won by “Wave II.”</p>