CONTEST GUIDELINES
NO purchase necessary.
The entrant must register to be in the contest. Registration is available by contacting the website at thetakeus.com/info.
Contest is for individuals only. Automobile manufacturers are not allowed to fund any entrant.
The intention of this contest is pay the entrant and eventual winner for traveling from New York City, New York to San Francisco, California in an auto they develop. The auto must be able to maintain the legal speed limit and not stop for any repairs (except flat tire(s) or refueling, recharging, etc). The author or his representatives along with a film crew will accompany the winning vehicle every mile of the trip.
The auto must be licensed and registered and conform to all applicable safety regulations in what ever state it’s registered. The auto must be capable of caring at least four adult passengers comfortably. The vehicle must have a proper exterior look.
The primarily propulsion should be commercially viable. (Re: no plutonium drive.) Engine cannot be a combustion engine.
In the spirit of the book, the central idea is not to move our energy dependence from one source to another but to stop our dependence on oil. As an Example: To Charge batteries we must create more electricity which means using more oil, gas, coal, etc. The same with Hydrogen and Ethanol, it takes and enormous amount of energy to create both.
Winner agrees to make his/her system available to a wide range of individuals or manufactures through licensing agreements much like in the book.
The contest will end when the first entrant comes forth with a winning automobile on/or before July 4, 2012. At that time the author John Raymond Takacs, his heir(s) or representative(s) will be allowed to extend the contest entirely at his discretion or if no potential winners come forward will donate the entire portion of the trust account to universities or other organizations that are committed to alternative automotive energy development. The author will not keep any of the monies donated into the trust fund.
The contest is subject to the laws of the state of California.
The author John Raymond Takacs, his heir(s) or representative(s) will be the sole judge of this contest.
Complete contest rules will be made available to all entrants. Free Registration for the contest is required to participate. Please visit the FAQ page for answers to frequently asked questions.
