Sponsors: The amount of dollars saved as a discount or received as sponsorship funds directly relates to the size of your logo the race vehicle will wear. e.g. With a total materials cost of $87,000.00 for the race car, $8,700.00 worth of discounted parts, or funds earns 10% of the logo surface of the car (top, sides, front and rear of car).
Donations: Donations make a significant impact in reducing our time to market and improving our products. Donations may be sent via PayPal to wikispeedfinancial@gmail.com.
Exposure: Why is sponsoring WIKISPEED a good investment? Here are publications reporting on the Automotive X Prize:
◦ Rolling Stone 1,400,000 (subscribers)
◦ The New York Times 1,438,585 (circulation)
◦ Wired Magazine 700,000 (subscribers)
◦ Los Angeles Times 1,304,104 (circulation)
◦ Green Patriot Radio 28,000 (audience)
◦ CNN.com 182,000,000 (hits in a day)
◦ Many More
WIKISPEED gives sponsors maximum exposure for minimum advertising cost. (All circulation/subscription/hits data provided by Neilsen Media Research or the publication themselves)
Rendered example, Avanade sponsoring with $80,000.00 (final vehicle skin TBD, hard points current with prototype):

And with Rolling Stone reporting on the race, we can't rule out the chance your CEO might get their picture on the cover:
One VP of Marketing said “But, we don’t make cars?” A co-worker replied “Does Accenture make Golf Clubs?”
