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A couple of months ago, Top Gear drove a small, tadpole-shaped prototype across a quiet moorland road on an industrial estate in Wales.Not exactly smoking through London in a modified Ford Mustang, but hugely important nonetheless. It was Riversimple"s Rasa" hydrogen fuel-cell car, and it could start a revolution in clean, efficient motoring.Now, the company wants your help to push it forwards.At the end of 2017, Riversimple will begin a 12-month beta trial of the Rasa in Wales, and needs 100 test drivers to take part in the study. The idea is simple: local drivers will pay a subscription for between one to three months, and use the car on a daily basis, in normal, everyday situations in towns (the Rasa"s 60mph top speed means it"s not designed for motorway travel).They"ll then feedback to Riversimple and have a say on the final design, and indeed the service, to help the company put the Rasa into production. Riversimple will take care of the insurance, maintenance and hydrogen costs - they"ll install a refuelling station in Abergavenny, with a self-service pump that can refuel in less than five minutes. The bill will go straight back to them, and give the beta-tester 300 miles of range.
Date written: 6 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8391
A couple of months ago, Top Gear drove a small, tadpole-shaped prototype across a quiet moorland road on an industrial estate in Wales.Not exactly smoking through London in a modified Ford Mustang, but hugely important nonetheless. It was Riversimple"s Rasa" hydrogen fuel-cell car, and it could start a revolution in clean, efficient motoring.Now, the company wants your help to push it forwards.At the end of 2017, Riversimple will begin a 12-month beta trial of the Rasa in Wales, and needs 100 test drivers to take part in the study. The idea is simple: local drivers will pay a subscription for between one to three months, and use the car on a daily basis, in normal, everyday situations in towns (the Rasa"s 60mph top speed means it"s not designed for motorway travel).They"ll then feedback to Riversimple and have a say on the final design, and indeed the service, to help the company put the Rasa into production. Riversimple will take care of the insurance, maintenance and hydrogen costs - they"ll install a refuelling station in Abergavenny, with a self-service pump that can refuel in less than five minutes. The bill will go straight back to them, and give the beta-tester 300 miles of range.
Date written: 6 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8391
