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Written by Jack Rix
The problem with Hydrogen fuel cell cars, OK the problems, are many. There"s the astronomical price tag (how does 60k for the Toyota Mirai sound?), the scarcity of fuelling stations (three in the UK at last count) and, generally, they"re a bit lardy. But fear not, a small British start-up believes it"s found the solution to all of the above.The company is Riversimple and its creation is the Rasa, a tiny two-seater VW XL1 lookalike that can travel 300 miles on 1.5kg of hydrogen, weighs just 580kg and should cost you roughly the same as a base-spec diesel golf per month when it goes on sale in 2018. Oh, and it has scissor doors so if you squint, a lot, it looks like a Lamborghini.And you can cut out those Noddy jokes because this really is a brave new world a car designed from the ground up to harness the power of hydrogen, and slip through the air like an otter through water. Besides, the man behind the design of this prototype is former Alfa design boss Chris Reitz, and he claims there"s still work to be done.
Date written: 16 Feb 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2173
The problem with Hydrogen fuel cell cars, OK the problems, are many. There"s the astronomical price tag (how does 60k for the Toyota Mirai sound?), the scarcity of fuelling stations (three in the UK at last count) and, generally, they"re a bit lardy. But fear not, a small British start-up believes it"s found the solution to all of the above.The company is Riversimple and its creation is the Rasa, a tiny two-seater VW XL1 lookalike that can travel 300 miles on 1.5kg of hydrogen, weighs just 580kg and should cost you roughly the same as a base-spec diesel golf per month when it goes on sale in 2018. Oh, and it has scissor doors so if you squint, a lot, it looks like a Lamborghini.And you can cut out those Noddy jokes because this really is a brave new world a car designed from the ground up to harness the power of hydrogen, and slip through the air like an otter through water. Besides, the man behind the design of this prototype is former Alfa design boss Chris Reitz, and he claims there"s still work to be done.
Date written: 16 Feb 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2173