Team Enertia to enter biodiesel-electric hybrid Studebaker Avanti in Auto X-Prize

Way back in the early 1960s, famed designer Raymond Leowy locked himself and his team in a rented house for five weeks with the intent of designing an exciting new sports coupe for Studebaker. The result was known as the Avanti, and it’s often looked back upon as one of the most attractive automotive designs of the era

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