NASA announced this week it has awarded the $1.35 million prize for its CAFE Greenflight Challenge to the team from Pipistrel-USA.com. The twin fuselage, four-seat electric airplane beat out the eGenius team from Germany during two competition days held last week at the Sonoma County airport in California. The eGenius team will take home $120,000 for second place and another $10,000 for a separate competition from the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize for the quietest aircraft during the week. via Wired
October 4, 2011
