COMPETES authorizes ongoing support for ARPA - E, the novel energy - research program
modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency which promises to give rise to «
leapfrog» technologies that will reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources and stimulate a green economy while producing steady, high - quality jobs of the future.
Whereas the Ford Mondeo - based X-type tried to
compete with the likes of the BMW 3 - series on the cheap, the new
model, code - named X760 and previewed below by our illustrator, will attempt to
leapfrog the Germans by using a rear - wheel - drive platform and aluminum construction.