What is that? A Riversimple Rasa. On hydrogen!

Posted on 17-02-2016 at 12:38 by nicolasr – 22 Comments”

Who knew you could still not huh?

Riversimple is a small company from Wales that focuses on the production of economical and environmentally friendly cars. That she is with this Rasa is absolutely successful.

You should design to find what you want, but he is, however, beautifully drawn by Chris Reitz. You know, the Fiat 500. Who had the command been given that he has a streamlined carriage had to draw, and that is him gone.

But this car is actually not at all to the outside, what is happening under the hood is many times more interesting. He is powered by four electric motors, one in each wheel and which get their energy from a fuel cell. So hydrogen refueling and with your mouth under the exhaust hang on if you’re thirsty. Very fast is the cart not, but very economical. Because 1.5 kilograms of hydrogen, you come 480 miles away. That is as said by its streamline, but also because, under braking, the residual energy is recovered. As a result, the energy from the fuel cell only necessary for the speed you already have to hold. Finally, there is the weight. Due to the use of carbon weighs the Rasa is not more than 580 pounds. Good performance.

It should be clear that this Riversimple Rasa is still a prototype. The company has £ 2 million received from the government of Wales and that money is invested in the construction of 20 cars. That are in a testpool used and with the data that it, they want him to make them even better. Finally, he must be in 2018 and reach the market. It is to be hoped that the production of hydrogen by that time, less polluting, then we spekkoper. And spoken about it, about a price is yet nothing known, but very cheap, he will not be.

Gallery: Riversimple raza

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