Riversimple Hyrban
The Riversimple Hyrban is anything but a simple, fleeting thought
in one's head in the middle of the night. The idea behind the
Riversimple Hyrbran came from a man named Hugo Spowers. He was
a motor sports engineer and race driver from the United Kingdom.
Spowers decided to leave racing when he had many concerns about
the environment and how it was impacted by racecar driving.
There is nothing too fancy about the 2-seat Riversimple Hyrban
as it was designed using some very simple elements, which is also
the beauty of this hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle. The Riversimple
Hybran is a lightweight hydrogen FCV and a body made from carbon
composites.
The design of this car is an open design source, which is an
idea that may revolutionize the car industry. Open Source has
already revolutionized software being used on the Internet, such
as Linux, OsCommerce, Apache, Joomla, Mozilla Firefox, GNU Project
and Wordpress blogging software.
This open source concept has offered inspiration to engineers
and even those who like to tinker around with cars to help create
the Riversimple Hyrban offering their own designs to be integrated
into parts of the car. So, in other words, instead of an automobile
being design in a proprietary, closed door environment of the
big automakers, this is just the opposite and there is a degree
of transparency that is unheard of in the automotive industry.
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That open source caretaker is 40fires.org,
which is a not for profit company that was created by Riversimple
LLC. They are hosting the Hyrban project as well as some
other innovative ideas.
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Thes Hyrban cars will not be for sale but for lease. The car
will benefit both the environment and the car driver. The plans
are for a limited production and rollout of the Riversimple Hyrban
as only 5,000 to 10,000 are now planned to be manufactured. More
and more consumers are becoming excited about these Riversimple
Hyrban cars, so this number may change depending upon this demand.
They will save on operating costs and they will save on power
too. One of the exciting ideas behind this car is that it is not
being created by one large corporation. As we mentioned earlier,
this project is accepting ideas from engineers as well as people
who have an expressed interest in building a car.
The Riversimple Hyrban can get up to 50 miles per hour (making
them city cars) and can actually run about 240 to 300 miles on
just a mere 2.2 pounds of hydrogen. These cars like other cars
have the engineering to think about.
The Riversimple Hyrban will not have a gearbox, drive shafts
or even power-assisted systems like windows and doors. Without
the heavier equipment the Riversimple Hyrban is lightweight and
well, simple.
As designed the Hyrban will save energy and save money on operating
costs. These cars as we mentioned will not be sold but leased.
The cost to lease is about $ 330 US dollars per month plus hydrogen
fuel. If you are interested in the helping save the earth and
drive an environmentally friendly car (and live in the United
Kingdom) then the Riversimple Hyrban may be the car for you.
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