We’re pretty sure by now you’ve heard of the phrase ‘range-anxiety’ – its a term to define the anxiety caused when your electric car ‘distance to empty’ figure reads something below 5 miles. Swiss firm Rinspeed is now trying to address the range anxiety issue with an innovative Dock+Go concept that it will show at [...]
Rinspeed always comes to Geneva with a very imaginative concept. This year, however, Rinspeed will unveil its UC? New Mobility Concept Car (that’s UC with a “?” mark) at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, but the biggest surprise is that the concept was designed to be ready for future series production. The two-seater electric-drive UC?, [...]
At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March, Swiss automobile company Rinspeed will show off its new two-seater electric-vehicle called “UC?” – which apparently stands for “Urban Commuter” or “You see?” “It’s a new and highly emotional web-based car world that interweaves individual and public transport in an intelligent way,” said Rinspeed boss Frank M. [...]
So you get rid of your gas-guzzling, massive horsepower car in order to save your bank account from being drained due to (well, not so much anymore) high gas-prices. You then by yourself a minicar thinking you’ll get outstanding fuel-economy (which you most likely will) and will also spend less on your daily commute. Nonetheless, [...]
When Rinspeed isn’t out tuning Porsche’s and Subaru’s, the Swiss automobile manufacturer and tuner is coming up with exotic concept cars for the Geneva Motor Show – every year. Last year, Rinspeed came to Geneva with the Rinspeed sQuba, a concept based on the Lotus Elise that could ‘drive’ underwater. This year, Rinspeed is back [...]
A little bit early for the 2009 Geneva Motor Show previews to come out but its a change from the constant auto bailout news. Rinspeed announced today that it will unveil its iChange Concept at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The iChage is a “1-2-3-seater” powered by a 174-hp electric motor. So what in the [...]
