Green CLEVER Car Shown Off

Two mechanical engineering students who contribute their titling technology to this mini car, together with their instructors, on Monday unveiled a prototype car called CLEVER in the University of Bath of England.

This CLEVER, or Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport, car has three wheels and so far has cost $2.9 million.

It has been developed by a team of European scientists and is designed to combine the safety of a micro car, the maneuverability of a motorbike while being more fuel efficient and less polluting than other vehicles.

It has the compactness of a motorcycle but the safety of a car, the vehicle's strengthened frame protects the driver in a crash.

Equipped to handle both city streets and long-distance highway driving, the vehicle runs on compressed natural gas, is capable of 80 mph speeds.

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