riversimple1Riversimple unveiled a hydrogen city car that can revolutionize the auto industry with its innovative leasing structure and open source development. The car can be easily considered as one of the greenest car in this world with just 30 grams per kilometer of CO2 emission and an amazing 300 mpg fuel economy.

The car uses four in wheel motors that can be used for regenerative braking and there are ultracapacitors to store the energy. The motors can generate a top speed of 50 mph and it can go 200 miles on a single charge. The car uses small components and composite body which minimises weight down to a meager 770 pounds to maximize efficiency.

The Urban Car represents a major step toward practical twenty-first century personal transport and toward the fulfillment of my great-grandfather’s ambitions for accessible personal transport.

said Sebastian Piëch, the great-grandson of Ferdinand Porsche. Yes that Porche whose passion was to make a lightweight and high efficient car.

The car is available only for lease in Britain with a 200 pound monthly payment including hydrogen which is nearly half of what you would spend on your Honda FCX Clarity. As per Riversimple the innovative leasing structure will help finance the creation of a local hydrogen infrastructure which is currently the main obstacle of adopting to a hydrogen car. They say it has brokered a deal with the British Gas Company BOC Gases to develop a pilot fueling program in a small UK city.

Can this vehicle show us a new way to fight against global warming? What do you think?

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