It is only five feet long and its stubby black nose may not have the obvious allure of a Porsche, but it may be the clean, green future of motoring.
A new hydrogen-powered car designed for use in cities was unveiled in London yesterday. The two-seat Riversimple Urban Car has a top speed of 50mph, can go 240 miles without refuelling and weighs only 350kg — and it is backed by a scion of the Piech family, which founded the luxury German carmaker and Volkswagen.
Yet the man in charge of developing the Riversimple has a less illustrious pedigree in motoring. The last vehicle that Hugo Spowers was publicly associated with was a grand piano on skis on the slopes at St Moritz.
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