Shakedown Results

We officially have the results you've been ever-so-patiently waiting for - Shakedown.

During Shakedown, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE vehicles were put to the test with a variety of safety, efficiency, and performance evaluations. Of the 24 participants, 22 (representing 27 vehicles) will return for the pivotal knockout stage.

Mainstream Class Teams:
Mainstream Class vehicles must carry four or more passengers, have four or more wheels, and offer a 200-mile range.

Passed:
• American HyPower, Centennial, Colorado (Gasoline, Hydrogen)     
• BITW Technologies, Palmyra, Indiana (Biodiesel)  
• Edison2, Lynchburg, Virginia (E85)     
• Liberty Motors Group, Botkins, Ohio (Gasoline)  
• West Philly Hybrid X (EVX), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Gasoline)

Conditional pass:
• Cornell 100+ MPG Team, Ithaca, New York (Biodiesel)
• Illuminati Motor Works, Virden, Illinois (Electric)

Probationary pass:
• Enginer, Troy, Michigan (Gasoline + Steam)   
• Global-E, Mandeville, Louisiana (Gasoline & Electric)

Eliminated:
• APET-X, Hong Kong, China (Electric)
• Envera, Mill Valley, California (Gasoline)
• Team FourSight, Morgantown, West Virginia (Biodiesel)
• WIKISPEED, Seattle, Washington (Gasoline)

Alternative Class Teams:
Alternative Class vehicles must carry two or more passengers and allow for a 100-mile range.

Side-by-side seating:

Passed:
• amp, Blue Ash, Ohio (Electric)  
• Aptera Motors, Vista, California (Electric)  
• Edison2, Lynchburg, Virginia (E85)
• OptaMotive, San Jose, California (Electric)  
• RaceAbout Association, Helsinki, Finland (Electric)
• Tata Motors Limited, Coventry, United Kingdom (Electric)
• Team EVX, Dallas, Texas (Electric)  
• West Philly Hybrid X (EVX), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Biodiesel)
• ZAP, Santa Rosa, California (Electric)

Conditional pass:
• Team EVI, Mooresville, North Carolina (Electric)  

Probationary pass:
• Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington (Gasoline)

Tandem seating:

Passed:
• Edison2, Lynchburg, Virginia (E85)
• Spira, Banglamung, Chonburi, Thailand (Gasoline)
• Tango (Commuter Cars), Spokane, Washington (Electric)
• X-Tracer Team Switzerland, Uster, Switzerland (Electric)

Conditional pass:
• FVT Racing, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada (Gasoline)

Deferred for later testing June 16-18, due to Volcano-related travel delays:
• K-Way MOTUS, Turin, Italy (Gasoline)  
• TW4XP, Rosenthal, Germany (Electric)  

Eliminated:
• Envera, Mill Valley, California (Gasoline)
• Team FourSight, Morgantown, West Virginia (Electric) 

Knockout, starting June 20th, is next for these vehicles - and as Senior Director Eric Cahill put it, “This was not meant to be easy; if it were, it would have already been done. We expect to see additional eliminations during the Knockout Stage as we narrow the field in preparation for the Finals Stage in late July.”

Check out the full press release here and all the info you'd ever need on our website, here.

Best of luck to all of our teams!

Comments

[Neil Blanchard]

The FVT eVaro is a plug-in serial hybrid, so it would more accurately be called "electric/gasoline", I think?

Sincerely, Neil