'Clever Car' -- A Solution For The Transportation Crisis?

9 April 2004 - 6:00am

Funded by the EU and developed by nine European countries, the "Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport" is being billed as the answer to

"A three-wheeled car that measures just one metre across and carries two people could be the answer to our growing traffic crisis, its developers say...The Clever car costs about a fifth of a conventional vehicle to run and is quieter and less polluting because it runs on compressed natural gas, its developers say.This means it would not be liable for the congestion charge in London, or any other city where the charge is adopted. "

Source: BBC News, April 8, 2004
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