“RASA” a Hydrogen-Powered City Car

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This is another Developement from Wales for the Future but using Hydrogen not E-Power. OK it is small, has 4 wheels, has a roof but this seems to be the tendency at present - Dave ;)
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Riversimple Movement launches the “RASA” a hydrogen-powered 2 seat city car for the masses. Real world trials of a new Welsh hydrogen-fuelled car will get underway this summer. The Company is based in Llandrindod Wells, Wales and beta tests on road ready versions of its car will be held in Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. The Powys firm's founder joined a trade delegation to China, led by UK Prime Minister Theresa May. A crowd funding for the project raised £1m last year. The firm hopes to raise a further £1m in a second funding bid being launched in February, to match £1.6m invested by the EU. A further £2m was given to the company by the Welsh Government in 2015.

This new hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle prototype has been launched with a claimed fuel economy equivalent to 250 mpg (0.9 L/100km) and uses a 8.5kW fuel-cell (equivalent to about 11bhp), which combines hydrogen with oxygen to form water and electricity. The electricity powers four motors that drive each of the car’s wheels, with a combined output of about 443lb ft of torque. Dubbed "Rasa," the new car has a lightweight carbon-fiber monocoque shell weighing just 39kgs and a total of 580kgs. In-wheel electric motors, a bank of supercapacitors charged by braking-regeneration, and a host of other features that enable it to travel up to a claimed 300 miles (483 km). The whole drivetrain has just 18 moving parts and is capable of accelerating the car to 0-60mph (96kmh) in 10 secs on just a 3.3 lb (1.5 kg) tank of hydroge Top speed is limited to 60mph. Each of the car’s electric motors works as a generator when the brakes are applied and can recover as much as 70% of kinetic energy during heavy braking. Under normal applications, around 50% is recovered.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-42876575

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new- ... drogen-car

https://www.riversimple.com/the-technol ... rogen-car/
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Hydrogen power is a great idea but the general public have yet to catch on, it doesn’t help when manufacturers make the cars to look like something from a 1970s space series. I have driven the Toyota Mirai which drives ok but looks horrible inside and out, I wouldn’t buy one even if the price was reasonable because of the way it looks. Note to manufacturers, stop trying to make them stand out just make the cars look like ordinary cars please.
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Is this a set back for Hydrogen Powered Technology - Dave :)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ig-setback
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“Is there a sliver of light amid the gloom - sales of alternatively fuelled cars. In October, one in 10 cars sold in the UK was hybrid-fuelled or electric-powered - with sales of fully electric cars tripling to more than 3,000. So will 2020 be the year Welsh motorists change how they drive?” - Dave 😏

Will 2020 be the year of the electric car in Wales? : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50974699

Riversimple UK Based Hydrogen Fuel Cell Eco Car Company : https://www.riversimple.com/
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Slightly OTT. Here's the BBC recently spouting on domestic H use. We seem to attain an acceptable safety level and then loonies pop up to compromise it.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/02/bbc-blend-20-hydrogen-in-natural-gas-to-reduce-home-co2-emissions/
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Riverside are still progressing and look who took it for a Test Drive - Dave 😃
“Taking it for a test-drive : Charles heard how the Rasa emits nothing but pure water vapour and is designed to minimise the particulates from tyres and brakes with its low weight, skinny tyres and high regenerative braking. It has a range of 300 miles and is billed as being ‘light to handle, responsive and fun to drive’ with a ‘nippy 0-60mph in 9.7 seconds’.
The prince, known for his green credentials, was pictured grinning as he emerged from the aerodynamic car after the opening of its sleek hi-tech butterfly doors.”

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Prince of Wheels: Charles Takes Spin in Hydrogen Car :

Prince Charles takes the wheel of a hydrogen-powered car when in Wales : https://mol.im/a/9761025

Riversimple Blog - Latest news on our Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car : https://www.riversimple.com/about-blog/
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