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The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize made its first round of cuts, leaving 43 teams still in the running for the $10 million prize. All these teams have passed round one — design judging. Round two, which will examine the technical feasibility of the entrants, begins in spring 2010.

Those still in the running include corporate teams, like Tesla and Zap, and schools like Western Washington University, Cornell, and a team...