• Winner of the $5 million Mainstream class of the Automotive X Prize
• An internal combustion engine powered VLC in X Prize on-track testing achieved 110 MPGe (EPA combined)
• An electric VLC recorded 245 MPGe in the EPA 5-cycle test (combined) and 350 MPGe using X Prize metrics (Roush Laboratories)
• A VLC prototype with a Smart Car driveline achieved 89 MPG (highway), compared to 41 MPG for the Smart
• The VLC demonstrated the lowest drag ever recorded at the GM Aero Lab for a multi-passenger car (0.160 Cd)
• The VLC holds the best coastdown numbers ever achieved at Chrysler’s Chelsea Proving Grounds
• At the X Prize the VLC posted a peak lateral acceleration of 1.18g on a skid pad, the fastest speed through the double lane change, and shortest stop
• ping distance (128 feet) from 60 – 0 (Consumers Union)
• Lowest GHG emissions of the X Prize at 82.6 g CO2/mile (Argonne National Lab)
• The X Prize one-cylinder 250 cc internal combustion engine met cold start emission standards (Roush)
• Best in Class Acceleration in 40% Offset Frontal Crash Test