22 Responses to “ CLEVER Concept For Eco-Friendly Urban Driving ”

1. 

   Green Authors
   

   18. Jun, 2008

   All I want for Christmas is one of these! For some reason all of the fuel efficient fun little cars are never allowed in the US.

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2. 

   Greenpointer
   

   18. Jun, 2008

   I WANT ONE TOO!!!!! Seriously… where can I get one?

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3. 

   baudman
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   CO2 - It’s only better than the Prius if the Prius is only taking one person. As soon as the Prius has two (or 3, 4 or 5 and a load) it is better than multiple CLEVERs.

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4. 

   driving course
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   Looks like good, safe, fun commuting to me - sign me up.

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5. 

   Shane
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   Where do I put my groceries??

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6. 

   Syd
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   I like it, on certain levels, but I wonder…what is the target market? Would-be-Vespa-riders who live in rainy climates? It seems like something for the Segway set, and virtually nobody else.

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7. 

   GateCrasher
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   The reason you dont see cars like this in the U.S. is because they need to pass the crash test rating. Which a car like this would never do, and if it did, its fuel efficiency would drop 50%.

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8. 

   vplakhi
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   @gatecrasher:

   actually check out the Aptera (www.aptera.com) that’s in production. as three-wheelers, these types of vehicles are actually classified as motorcycles in most states (including CA), and so can easily meet the crash test requirements, and get out onto the US market quickly. the other benefit is that they’re allowed in HOV/carpool lanes in many states, and registration/insurance is cheaper.

   not a bad deal.

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9. 

   Sm4k
   

   19. Jun, 2008

   @ Gatecrasher

   Vehicles with 3 wheels do not have to pass crash tests.

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10. 

    Matt everett
    

    19. Jun, 2008

    What’s so clever about this. It’s a tricycle with plastic sides.

    You can buy bicycle engines on ebay that do 40 MPH and get get 150 MPG for 400 bucks. Put it on any bike, trike you like.

    Nice to see a minimalistic design FINALLY, but how much will charge for that thing ?

    Most carbon comes from power plants, not cars.Cars are actually easier to limit also rather than telling people to stop heating their homes.

    The government has the full breakdown per sector per source.

    Most importantly electric use is growing more rapidly

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11. 

    Ken
    

    19. Jun, 2008

    Amazingly Cool! Cooler than Dauphin and Smera that I’ve posted about in my blog. Absolutely going to have it if I have the budget.

    But this thing still emit something, which is still dangerous for our below earth…

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12. 

    Alex P. Keaton
    

    20. Jun, 2008

    http://www.3wheelers.com/gmlean.html

    Reminds me of this concept vehicle I saw at EPCOT as a kid

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13. 

    Fred
    

    20. Jun, 2008

    Plus you can almost park it vertically.

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   CLEVER Concept For Eco-Friendly Urban Driving | at greenUPGRADER.com you’ll find eco-friendly products & ideas to help

   Here is a clever design from the Technical University of Berlin that they cleverly named CLEVER.  CLEVER stands for Compact Low Emissions Vehicle for Urban Transport (wait…that spells CLEVUT.  Not so clever!).  This TRON-esque 3 …

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