Riversimple is a start-up company based in Llandrindod Wells, Powys and has dedicated the last few years to developing a small, lightweight, hydrogen powered electric car. They use hydrogen, not batteries and emit nothing but water and are able to refill in three minutes.
This highly innovative car is called Rasa, which comes from the Latin Tabula Rasa meaning 'Clean Slate'. The latest pre-production version is known as the Rasa Beta.
The team behind the Rasa, led by Guy Battle, Hugo Spowers, Fiona Clancy and Estelle Clark, come from all sorts of background including motor racing, yatch design, engineering and automotive design.
Once the car is in series production, customer 'ownership' will be a very different proposal from the norm. New customers will receive a car – their car – and all the maintenance, insurance and fuel to run it. One payment to cover everything – at the equivalent monthly cost of running a normal, average car.
The new prototype car is the forerunner to a 12 month Beta test of 20 cars starting in late 2018. They plan to move into a production phase rapidly after the trial.
