Citroën Ami - a tiny, electric 'polypropylene cube on wheels' for urban driving

[urbanspaceman]

The other year California opened 200 hydrogen filling stations.

There are 41 hydrogen filling stations open in CA at the moment.

 

[dessiato]

No microcar is safe in a collision judging by those I've seen. I hate the Smart for its build quality but it's better than any microcar I've seen.

 

[Sasaferrato]

There are 41 hydrogen filling stations open in CA at the moment.

It must have been an aspiration then. It is a while since I read of the plans.

However...

Scottish green hydrogen scheme gears up to fuel ferries, buses and trains

Wind and solar farms will produce the gas alongside Scottish Power, ITM Power and BOC

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sasaferrato]

Showing good skills there in managing to film the instrument pod smoothly and at the same time drive at 70kph around country lanes

I was once a passenger in a car whizzing around the lanes of the Vale of Glamorgan. Speeds of 70 mph round blind bends put years on my life, and my underwear under severe risk. 1974, but remember it as clearly as yesterday. There wasn't an encore.

 

[TopCat]

So it's a stylish G-Wizz, with all the same problems. Mainly safety-related.

So it's safer than a bike, but crucially much less safe than a proper car. You want something small, there's the very safe Smart. You want electric, there's no end of them these days. Buying a quad bike with a roof has never been a great idea.

This is really negative. Car speeds are being forced lower. This is affordable, economical and uses hardly any space.
Wave of the future.

 

[Rosemary Jest]

I once got a whole band's worth of gear, including drum kit, amps, guitars etc in a Nissan Micra after a gig.

Plus three members of the band.

Granted, I was splayed across a bass drum, with a Gibson SG up my arse, but it can be done.

I've also moved house in a Fiat Panda.

 

[Sasaferrato]

There is a hydrogen car at Le Mans this year. (Just started on Eurosport.)

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I once got a whole band's worth of gear, including drum kit, amps, guitars etc in a Nissan Micra after a gig.

Plus three members of the band.

Granted, I was splayed across a bass drum, with a Gibson SG up my arse, but it can be done.

I've also moved house in a Fiat Panda.

For a number of years I could fit everything I owned in a car. A bought a few bigger cars before I gave up. Drew the line at a long wheel base van.

 

[weltweit]

There is a hydrogen car at Le Mans this year. (Just started on Eurosport.)

Didn't know it was on now ..

 

[weltweit]

There is a hydrogen car at Le Mans this year. (Just started on Eurosport.)

Which number is the hydrogen car?

 

[Sasaferrato]

Which number is the hydrogen car?

Dunno. Heard it mentioned.

 

[DownwardDog]

Which number is the hydrogen car?

There is no Hydrogen/Fuel Cell car competing this year as they can't be homologated under WEC regulations. They might be permitted from 2024 on. There are concerns about what will happen when a hydrogen tank pressurised to 700 bar (10,000psi!) is involved in a 300km/h crash.

 

[weltweit]

There are concerns about what will happen when a hydrogen tank pressurised to 700 bar (10,000psi!) is involved in a 300km/h crash.

I bet there are!