Production of the Rasa hydrogen car by Riversimple of Llandrindod Wells has been pushed back from this year to 2024. That is when it anticipates a manufacturing plant with 220 people will be completed in Mid Wales and the company can also look at adding a saloon and commercial vehicle to the current coupe offering, founder Hugo Spowers has told media. The Nissan Qashqai is the safest car you can … [Read more...]
Weeds need removing from our green drive
There are a few weeds to be taken care of as the motor industry, energy providers, related suppliers and authorities take us down the green road towards 2030 and onwards, writes Robin Roberts. The haste and race to have low emission cars and other vehicles on our roads is tripping over some serious issues, notably cost, and not just for vehicles and infrastructure but the expense of losing … [Read more...]
Welsh hydrogen car gets Siemens UK support
One of the world’s leading technology companies has stepped in to boost plans and build hydrogen vehicles in Wales for global sale. Siemens UK has signed a memorandum of understanding with Riversimple, of Llandrindod Wells to make their Rasa car and a local delivery van. The car is already being prepared for trials with 12 drivers living in Abergavenny and the Welsh company installed a … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 April
Riversimple has raised over £1.1 Million through crowd-funding. Now the Rasa-model fuel-cell powered car designed in Wales can move closer to reality and series production before being leased to the first users. IAM RoadSmart and participating local groups across the country are embarking on a major free giveaway to riders to coincide with the start of spring. Most of IAM RoadSmart’s … [Read more...]
Welsh-made FCV opens to crowd-funding
Motoring enthusiasts are being given a chance to buy into the future of mobility. Shares in the Mid-Wales made fuel-cell car, the Rasa, are being offered to potential backers and users. You can invest from £500 upwards in graduated amounts with the option to acquire one of the two-seaters for a £20,000 stake. You will never own the car but simply lease it. Rasa is being shown this week at … [Read more...]
Welsh car shortlisted for super-green award
Mid Wales based Riversimple has been shortlisted for consideration in this year’s Low Carbon Innovation award for an SMEs. The hydrogen fuel-cell Rasa, has been developed by a team at Llandrindod Wells and the Welsh Government is considering supporting a manufacturing base in Wales. The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership has been running its Champions Award for six years and the final judging … [Read more...]
Welsh hydrogen car begins UK tour
Economy and Infrastructure Secretary, Ken Skates enjoyed a spin in a low carbon, hydrogen fuelled, car of the future that has been developed with around £2m of Welsh Government support. The Rasa is the first car of its kind in the world and was designed and built in Powys as part of a £3.5m project. It is the work of Llandrindod Wells based, Riversimple Engineering , a green team who are now … [Read more...]
Newslines 23 April
The futuristic Welsh engineered Riversimple RASA will make its motor show debut in London in May. The two-seater from the Llandrindod Wells manufacturer is one of the exhibits at the new London Motor Show at Battersea between 6 and 8 May and there will be 40 brands and 130 models from dealerships and manufacturers as well as presentations by motoring celebrity speakers with tickets bought in … [Read more...]
Mid-Wales maker reveals revolutionary hydrogen car
Mid-Wales based Riversimple has unveiled of the “Rasa”, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen powered road car, built for full European type approval. Supported by a £2m grant from the Welsh government in 2015, every aspect of the Rasa has been tailor-made and interrogated for lightness, strength, affordability and safety, to produce a vehicle that will maximise … [Read more...]