Awards and Honors Honda Power of Dreams Award, 2001 present by Norman Mineta, US Secretary of Transportation 2002 Tour de Sol, First Place Battery Electric, Second Place Hybrid, First Place Overall 2005 Tour de Sol First Place Overall presented by Governor Pataki of New York 2006 Tour de Sol, First Place Overall 2007 21st Century Automotive Challenge, First Place Overall City of Philadelphia Citation presented by the Mayor of Philadelphia 2005 & 2006 State of Pennsylvania Citation presented by Representative James Roebuck 2005 & 2006 Honored by Bill Cosby at the National Benjamin Banneker Awards in Washington DC 2006 City Council of Philadelphia Citation, May 2009