Via the BBC, comes a story about this three wheeled car. The prototype Clever (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) car is one metre wide and less polluting than normal vehicles.
It has a top speed of 100 km/h (60mph) and uses a novel tilting chassis to make it safe and manoeuvrable.The traffic-busting two-seater is the result of a 40-month project by researchers in nine European countries. The three-year, L1.5m EU-funded research project aimed to produce a totally different class of private motor vehicle specifically designed for the urban environment.
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According to their web-site the Carver does this leaning all automatically. Driving is just like a car, yet with a different experience.
The Clever indeed seems like a carbon copy of the Carver.
Link: http://www.rqriley.com/3-wheel.htm
even the bbc knows that (link to the carver website on the same page)
If this is a city car meant for city driving, why wouldn't I just take public transit or a taxi cab or use a car sharing service? I don't see how this relieves congestion either, as it would seem to merely encourage more people to buy vehicles, thereby negating any reduction in congestion.
The BBC article goes on at length about the technical merits of the vehicle, but utterly ignores any discussion of use context. Who is going to use this? Women wearing skirts and high heels? High street shoppers? Commuters? Seems these are the kinds of questions others are asking (check the guestbook on the project site): http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng/en-proj20/
http://www.carver-europe.com