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April 24, 2006
Tiny Green 3 Wheeled car is Clever
The prototype Clever (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) car is one metre wide and less polluting than normal vehicles.
It has a top speed of 100 km/h (60mph) and uses a novel tilting chassis to make it safe and manoeuvrable.
The traffic-busting two-seater is the result of a 40-month project by researchers in nine European countries.
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The prototype on show in Bath was just a metal skeleton, but the complete car has a roof that protects both the driver and the passenger sitting behind in the event of a crash.
The plastic panels, that sit on the aluminium frame, also protect the occupants from the elements.
At just over one metre wide it is even narrower than Daimler Chrysler's original Smart car.
The micro-mini is able to park efficiently and opens up the possibility of an increased number of lanes on jam-packed city streets.
However, more cars should not mean more fumes, because the Clever car uses compressed natural gas.
"It costs less to run, is quieter and is less polluting," said Dr Jos Darling, a senior lecturer in charge of the Clever project at Bath University.
Looks like all the current future-movies are right. 3 Wheeled vehicles may be the way of the traffic jammed future.
(via bbc news)
Posted by Groonk at April 24, 2006 02:58 PM | Ministry of Technology
