The Brand New Green Car
The really cool thing about this Riversimple Urban Car is that the fuel cell is going to be much smaller meaning that you will need less hydrogen on board.
The vehicle is no bigger than a Smart car, weighing just 350kg, and has been developed over three years by teams at Oxford and Cranfield universities. It is actually quite a good car for someone living in a city as it can reach a top speed of 50mph which isnt bad for a car of this type.
The power actually comes from a 6kw fuel cell which is actually one of the smallest ever introduced into a car like this. Something that is very high in importance when it comes to this car is keeping the weight down which is why it is able to be quite speedy.
Another big point to this car is that it allows you to store a lot of electricty within it which means you can get the most out of accelerating power.
One of the really good things about the design to this new car is that once it is all ready it will be made available online for any car manufacturer to take into their own.
One of the great things is that you can lease this car and the lease will actually cover you for the cost of the fuel too.
The head of Riversimple actually stated that we must push forward with the technology rather than get left behind. The sale of cars still rewards the maximisation of resource use – whereas we now accept that we must minimize resource use.”
“The Riversimple Urban Car represents a major step towards practical 21st century personal transport and towards the fulfilment of my great-grandfather’s ambitions for accessible personal transport but this time combining his other passions: light weight and high efficiency,” said Piech.
The real question to ask is will they be upgrading things like used cars to make them greener? If you have recently gone out and purchased a Audi R8 then you are not going to be pleased when you cannot upgrade it to make it a bit greener. Audi Carsare just one of the brands that needs to be looked into.
