Three-wheeled hybrid EU-LIVE introduced the future of European transport

7 December 2017

The concept developed with the support of Groupe PSA

In Europe and Japan sometimes ponder what should be the ideal urban transport. Usually car companies say about a driverless electric vehicles, which will work in the system of Kar - and ridesharing. Fresh concept EU-LIVE presented a somewhat different view on this topic.

EU-LIVE is not just the name of the concept, and a consortium. His name means Efficient Urban LIght Vehicle, "easy and efficient city car". In the composition of the EU-LIVE includes 12 companies from six European countries, but only one these is the manufacture of machinery is Groupe PSA. The firm Continental, Samsung SDI and Brembo associated with the production of different set, the other members of the consortium are the various research institutes.

The concept was developed for the account of the grant of 6.7 million euros allocated by the European Commission. Just the framework of the EU-LIVE should see three vehicles, a scooter, tricycle and four-wheeled car. Technically, new arrival four wheels but the rear are very close each to other, so it's still a three-wheeled carriage.

Steering system and suspension of the car is designed so that the body bends in the direction of rotation. This improves the maneuverability. To speed of 70 km/h the concept moves over two electric motors embedded in the rear wheels further in the action comes with a 42-horsepower gasoline single-cylinder engine. "Maximum speed" —
130 km/h Without refueling and recharging tricycle can travel up to 300 kilometers.

Because body width is only 0.85 m, but the length is 2.4, the concept of EU-is LIVE can be put on the Parking places are not longitudinally, and cross. For this purpose, are opening up doors-scissors. Inside each other has two chairs. Also there is one airbag and belts.

While the only task of the EU-is LIVE development of prototypes. Because the consortium is only one automotive company (Groupe PSA), to expect similar production models can only be from the Citroen and Peugeot.