Winning Cars on the Road - Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

These are the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE driving in real world conditions.


$5 Million Mainstream Class Winner: (Silver Vehicle) * Edison2 "Very Light Car #98" (Charlottesville, VA) * Economy: 102.5 MPGe * Fuel: E85 ethanol * Boasting the lowest drag coefficient of any car with four wheels tested in the GM wind tunnel and at the Chrysler Proving Grounds, this vehicle demonstrated over 100 MPGe on the test track, and verified in the lab, under stringent testing conditions using a highly innovative small displacement engine. Its low weight of just 830 pounds is a tribute to its use of light weight materials, reduced engine displacement and a host of other weight-saving innovations.

$2.5 Million Alternative Side-by-Side Class Winner: (Green Vehicle) * Li-ion Motors Corp "Wave II" (Mooresville, NC) * Economy: 187 MPGe * Fuel: Battery Electric * This side-by-side two-seat battery electric car was built on a lightweight aluminum chassis and weighs in at only 2,176 pounds, despite the weight of its powerful lithium ion batteries. The Wave II demonstrated outstanding * low mechanical and aerodynamic drag that resulted in 187 MPGe in combined on-track and laboratory efficiency testing, a 14.7s zero-to-60 mph acceleration time, and over 100 miles range over a real-world driving cycle.

$2.5 Million Alternative Tandem Class Winner: (Yellow Vehicle) * X-Tracer Team Switzerland "E-Tracer #79" (Winterthur, Switzerland) * Economy: 205.3 MPGe * Fuel: Battery Electric * This tandem two-seat vehicle combines the best of motorcycles and automobiles. This clever design has two extra outrigger wheels that deploy at low speed to stabilize the vehicle. At 1436 pounds, the E-Tracer is able to deliver over 100 miles in range, led the competition with over 200 MPGe in combined on-track and laboratory fuel efficiency and achieved a zero-to- 60 mph acceleration time of just 6.6 seconds.



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[G0Dzs0LD13R]

my DaV is the green

[DanFrederiksen]

@GANTZ100pts nah aptera lost on their own. version 2 was much worse than the first. new leadership were either idiots and/or intentionally making it fail. the first aptera would have won on the merits.

but I agree there should be a criteria that the design must have some reasonable usability like shoulder space and vehicle strength such that the shell eco marathon racers couln't win. the edison2 might be a bit too tight for side by side seating and for that it shouldn't be able to win.

[DBSpy1]

So I guess the Carver One and Aptera 2e are dead now?

[GANTZ100pts]

Rules for the next X-prize for cars should be as follows "Do not build it if its never going to be a mass production car or if you only building a concept"

That damn VLC stole Aptera place THEY (Aptera) actually have plans to BULD them. And that 10 Million would of really helped with the production line.

[AshtonPhoto]

@inagod

I wholly agree, but the Xprize was to promote vehicles that would be sold to the public, not 'concepts' and 'ideas'.

What happened was a company (Aptera) did the unthinkable, they showed up with a car that was all but production ready. The 'dynamic' (read changing) rules kept them from succeeding and the Aptera team was sent home without a single penny.

Odd.

The team with NO PRODUCTION PLANS wins while the team closest to putting a real car on the road leaves empty handed.

Hmmm....

[inagod]

@AshtonPhoto I understand where your coming from,but its a start of something bigger down the road.We may not be driving cars like this but will be using some of the technology and idea's developed

[Levi7583]

The more things you keep adding to it, The more things there are to be broken, pay more for a covered motorcycle, then keep paying more money for repairs. Just more things to go wrong. I think its stupid.

[AshtonPhoto]

Tell me how a $35,000 covered motorcycle will gain traction in the marketplace?

And how will the VLC (the silver car) become a common sight if the company has no plans to mass produce it?

Do the interior shots (at 0:55) look like the fittings of a production-intent vehicle or a kit car that is not for sale to the public?

This video is nice, but the reality is that we'll never see any of these car on the road.

[humphrey23]

Awesome, seriously. Go X Prize, Go teams!

[sniper6081]

You should've done this at comic con. You would've gotten an ass load of attention there.