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Small, cheap, safe and runs on ethanol? Call it Pompéo
Brazilian Trike Debuts This Year
Filed Under: Specialty Marques Specialty Marques MotorCycle Green
Some vehicles may choose to use motorcycle engines and concepts in order to have better performances, such as the Cirbin V13R, but there are others that have different objectives, such as the safety and comfort of a car with the running costs of a two-wheeler. One of these will be released this year, in Brazil, and it will be called Pompéo.
This 2.33 m long and 1.30 m vehicle, a three-wheeler with a 250 cm³ motorcycle engine that runs on gasoline or ethanol, will be presented to the public later this year and intends to offer solutions in many fields.
First of all, it is considered to be a more rational means of transportation because it is small and would surely minimise traffic problems in huge Latin American cities, such as the City of Mexico and Sao Paulo. This last one faces more than 180 km of traffic jams every day.
Secondly, since it also runs on ethanol, and its engine is small enough to generate very low emissions, it can be considered an environment-friendly vehicle. Although its engine is not very powerful, the manufacturer ensures the vehicle will be very light (not more than 500 kg), what will prevent this little people mover from being a traffic stopper.
Last, but not least, it will be a closed vehicle, with doors and seat belts, what, in most countries, will allow it to be driven without a helmet. Compared to motorcycles, especially in rainy days, Pompéo will offer much more comfort in everyday use. Also according to the manufacturer, it will not cost much more than a 400 cm³ motorbike, what will make it a real option for people that would like to buy a car, but can only afford a motorcycle.
Initial production will be directed to the Brazilian market, but there are plans for export, mainly in Latin American countries. Let’s wait for the revelation of the vehicle in order to bring you more info on this machine.
This 2.33 m long and 1.30 m vehicle, a three-wheeler with a 250 cm³ motorcycle engine that runs on gasoline or ethanol, will be presented to the public later this year and intends to offer solutions in many fields.
First of all, it is considered to be a more rational means of transportation because it is small and would surely minimise traffic problems in huge Latin American cities, such as the City of Mexico and Sao Paulo. This last one faces more than 180 km of traffic jams every day.
Secondly, since it also runs on ethanol, and its engine is small enough to generate very low emissions, it can be considered an environment-friendly vehicle. Although its engine is not very powerful, the manufacturer ensures the vehicle will be very light (not more than 500 kg), what will prevent this little people mover from being a traffic stopper.
Last, but not least, it will be a closed vehicle, with doors and seat belts, what, in most countries, will allow it to be driven without a helmet. Compared to motorcycles, especially in rainy days, Pompéo will offer much more comfort in everyday use. Also according to the manufacturer, it will not cost much more than a 400 cm³ motorbike, what will make it a real option for people that would like to buy a car, but can only afford a motorcycle.
Initial production will be directed to the Brazilian market, but there are plans for export, mainly in Latin American countries. Let’s wait for the revelation of the vehicle in order to bring you more info on this machine.
Source: Triciclo Pompéo
blasing
March 27, 2008 10:59:28 PM
well, I'm talking about environmental institution, that work in environment and something like that. I work in environmental institution, that work in Carbon Market and CDM projects. I think love your description.... I want to know more about u... I think u are interesting... and nice..
blaconque
March 23, 2008 11:05:53 AM
its some kind cute ... but its not that practical
ck314
March 23, 2008 6:19:36 PM
ah cut the crap with the ethanol already, it's been proven how it does more harm than good, besides being impracticable at a large scale/long term for obvious reasons
radmeister
March 23, 2008 11:32:10 PM
What's obvious is you don't know that brazil has been running on mostly ethanol for a really long time and for them it is much cheaper. This is a cool solution to cut gas costs and traffic in brazil.
ck314
March 24, 2008 3:02:40 AM
obvious haha dude ive known this for ages, but i wasnt talking about brazil but globally, and even in that country it's creating dramatic issues related to massive deforestation and rocketing prices/lack of crops for basic human needs aka FOOD you obviously ignore
gugas
March 25, 2008 3:35:22 AM
No. It's wrong. Here in Brazil the majority of the sugar cane plantations are located in State of São Paulo, where has no forest anymore, unless near the coast. And radmeister is right. We're not starving nowadays. Actually, the economy is growing and more and more people are getting out from misery condition.
ck314
March 25, 2008 6:35:05 PM
k read this excerpt: 'The sugarcane economy is not a good environmental model. In the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, which produces 70 percent of Brazil's alcohol, the companies generally do not obey the Forestry Code, which requires nature preservation of 20 percent of rural properties. Furthermore, the cane fields are burned to facilitate the harvest, which creates serious local air pollution, said Rodrigues in a Tierramérica interview.
Soy, the main raw material for biodiesel in Brazil, due to its massive current production, "has already become one of the principal factors behind deforestation of the Amazon and the Cerrado, a biome of savannahs and scrub forests that covers the extensive central area of Brazil.'
ck314
March 25, 2008 6:52:15 PM
actually you can't deny the replacement of soy and corn aimed at food cosumption by sugarcane for massive ethanol production is affecting basic food prices, since apparently in brazil prices have tripled recently and, in the europan union, the repercussions for 2007 were an average price increase of 50% for corn and 60% for wheat.. actually, in order to provide for a *single car* need in ethanol per year you need the harvest of 5 acres/2 hectares of land, which at a global scale is absurd on the long term
gugas
March 26, 2008 5:35:37 AM
"Brazil has still 90 million hectares (222 million acres) waiting to be used, without having to destroy forests. These are most former pasture areas, made available by the evolution of cattle raising technique. A part of this large area is being directed for biomass and biofuel production." http://www.biofuelsnow.com/ethanol5.htm And about the increasing prices of corn is because the US use corn to produce biofuel. In Brazil, only beans are much more expensive now because of last year's dry weather. Yeah, soy expansion is a problem in Amazônia beyond many other problems.
radmeister
March 24, 2008 5:38:26 AM
I don't think Brazil is starving, or even if it was i highly doubt the cause of that is that they run their cars on ethanol instead of petrol.
blasing
March 27, 2008 11:04:31 PM
I work in environmental institution, that work in Carbon Market and CDM projects. I think love your description.... I want to know more about u... I think u are interesting... and nice..
Great idea. I imagine that it uses the drive train of a 250cc twist 'n go scooter. Millions of these have been sold and they are tried and true. You'd be surprised how strong a modern 250cc scooter is. The transmission is belt drive constant velocity with no shifting required. It escapes the need for a differential by using one wheel in the rear. The larger the diameter of the wheel, the better the ride. On one of the micro cars from the 1950s the engine could run in both directions eliminating the need for a reverse gear.