Trev is a three-wheeled environmentally friendly car, a product out of several years of effort by the students at the University of South Australia. Trev is ideal as a commuter vehicle. It consumes only 1/5 of the energy required by a conventional car, which relies on electricity as the only power source. Trev weighs only 595 pounds, has two seats only and can drive up to 93 city miles without having to be recharged.
Trev is equipped with only two seats as it’s meant for urban use, as most urban trips are made with one or two people in the car. The top speed of the Trev is only 75 MPH, which seems to be pretty limited for urban trips. Anyway, it’s still a prototype, which still has couple of rooms for improvement.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Amazing that a car only weighs 500 pounds. Now if they could find a way to make it efficient for longer distance travel, I think there would really be some substance here!
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
always look forward to see more and more products going green. Especially all the latest gadgets and gizmos that are towards environmentally friendly. great post
April 6th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
that is so cute. i love it
June 26th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Look….the range is excellent for commuting. Most people don’t drive more than 50 miles a day. 75 mph is a quite excellent and imminently useful top speed as well, especially for in town driving. (try figuring out your REAL average speed in town. It’s probably close to 45 mph…never very much more than that.) Two seats means you can put the briefcase in back, a couple bags of groceries on the way home from work…This is IDEAL as a economical, realistic every day green commuter car! AND it’s electric too! Well done!