{"product_id":"ingenious-jason-fagone-9781510718395","title":"Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, the X Prize, and the Race to Revive America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe quest to engineer a radically new kind of car.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the X Prize Foundation announced that it would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that could travel one hundred miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas, the challenge attracted more than one hundred teams from all over the world--including dozens of amateurs. Many designed their cars entirely from scratch, rejecting decades of thinking about what a car should look like. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Fagone follows four of those teams from the build stage to the final race and beyond. The result is a gripping story of crazy collaboration, absurd risks, and poignant losses. In an old pole barn in central Illinois, childhood sweethearts hack together an electric-powered dreamboat, using scavenged parts, forging their own steel and burning through their life savings. In Virginia, an impassioned entrepreneur and his hand-picked squad of speed build a car so light that you can push it across the floor with your thumb. In West Philly, a group of disaffected high school students come into their own as they create a hybrid car with the engine of a Harley motorcycle. And in Southern California, the early favorite--a start-up backed by millions in venture capital--designs a car that looks like an alien egg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngenious\u003c\/i\u003e is a joyride. Fagone takes us into the garages and the minds of the inventors, capturing the fractious yet beautiful process of engineering a bespoke machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Fagone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510718397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510718395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Jason Fagone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135359959295,"sku":"9781510718395","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_316dc9f6-e609-49bb-b765-2fa0ca541d87.jpg?v=1755009916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ingenious-jason-fagone-9781510718395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}