Spira

Urban Transport

Video review: The Spira4u electric three wheeler

Spira4u recently announced that is had begun pilot production of its three-wheeled urban vehicle. Gizmag's Loz Blain took time out from the floor of NAIAS in Detroit to take the Spira4u for a spin.

We first drove the Spira4u in its first prototype form six years ago and we were mightily impressed. Conceived as a low cost (both to manufacture and run), hyper-economical vehicle to mitigate the world's 1.25 million road deaths each year, the Spira4u went on to become a finalist in the Automotive XPrize. It was never intended to run against the world's biggest universities and brightest minds – it was always intended for production. Now it's there and seeking to license its design across the globe.

Automotive

Pilot production begins for electric- and gas-powered honeycomb-composite Spira4u

Automotive XPrize finalist Spira4u has begun pilot production in China of both a 10 KW electric and a fuel-injected 150cc gas-powered version of its distinctive and hyper-economical three-wheeler.

Urban Transport

Driving the Spira 3-wheel prototype

The Spira three-wheeler is a unique vehicle. It's one of the finalists in the Automotive X-Prize but its frugal fuel consumption and low emissions are only part

Automotive

Foam-bodied Spira set to make a soft impact on deadly Asian roads

While its super-lightweight foam body construction gives it well over 100mpg fuel-efficiency, the Spira's biggest asset may be the safety it offers, both to occupants and other road users in the chaotic traffic of South-East Asia. Oh - and it floats.