Sweet. I like that some of the alternative-energy cars coming out have three wheels. This commuter car is called the Trev, for two-seater renewable energy vehicle. It’s designed by people at the University of South Australia and runs for almost 100 miles per lithium ion polymer battery charge. It can go from 0 to 60 in around ten seconds.
It uses about 1/5th of the energy that a normal car uses, costing about one Australian dollar per charge and there’s room inside for two people and two small bags. It’s currently in the process of being approved for street-worthiness and may be on the road soon (although the source website says that they’re looking to get the car on the road in 2006, so things might be a wee bit delayed). Still, looks pretty cool.
Trev (two-seater renewable energy vehicle) [UniSA.edu] via TreeHugger
If I can’t drive the 250 miles from Eau Claire, WI to Milwaukee, WI and then leave me enough charge to drive around town for half the weekend – I don’t find myself wanting it.
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When they make an electric car that can do THAT, I’ll consider it.
Yeah, I think we’ll see these “commuter cars” first until the range can be extended. Still not too shabby for maybe a young couple or a family that has a car like this for mom or dad to get to work and another “regular” car for everything else.
Yeah. And admittedly, the thing would take me to work and back (which is an 80 mile round trip for me)
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(I work in the middle of nowhere)
If you push down on the top hard enough do dice rattle around inside? Honestly, why must they make these cars look as gay as possible? Three wheels? F- that. Must have been developed with the buy three get the fourth tire free people. Geddit…
Its too small for me. I lead a youth group and am always hauling teens around. I have a Chevy Aveo currently which is a sub-compact. It fits five tightly and has a good bit of trunk space. Anyways, it gets around 35-40 MPG (I think). Works well enough for me. I’d love to get an electric vehicle, but its gotta be reasonable in size and I don’t like the three-wheeled proposition. There was a reason three-wheelers went out of style real quick in the ATV world.
Ugly looking thing. Can’t someone design a simple, inexpensive battery powered car that sells for under $10,000? I want 45 mph and 50 plus miles per charge for in town commuting. Is that too much to ask? An upgraded, street legal, enclosed golf cart would be fine.
Ummm…first of all electricity is NOT renewable energy; wind and solar is. And second of all, where are the freakin’ doors? LOL!