CLEVER three wheeler takes corners at full tilt

[inagod]

no one really is aware of the carver and those that are say its way under powered.

[inagod]

BMW teases us,I would love to see BMW build a real Monotracer,with doors and gyro's to hold it upright like Lit motors,enclosed 3 and 2 wheel vehicles will make up a large part of the market,the first with a ergonomic 2 or 3 wheeled to market that is affordable will it be Honda,BMW,Yamaha,or?

[rubioo93]

Thats badass! its like flying a jet on the ground!

[EVERYTHINGELECTRON1C]

fuck it, where not putting it on a dyno... lets just put straps on it and Flore it...

[DanishAirways]

Driving sickness for the win!

[quest33613]

LOVE IT.



[videman21]

what happens when you are stopped and then turn it all the way? does it tip over?

[pxdud]

wow how big headed do you have to be to call your design "clever"

[virganatanael]

iiiiiii lllllllllllllllllllooooooooooo­ooooooovvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeee iiiittttttttt

[siu3aw]

does look like the driver will feel sick right after

[iheartjoshramsay100]

@siu3aw not really, its like riding a bike, same motion

[NAFganistan]

shmoke and a pancake?

[champion6341]

that looks suspicously like the carver

[turtleboy84]

That is almost identical to the Dutch Carver..

[1994Juggernaut]

Nun, das ist ein lustiges kleines Todesfalle.

[TheAanix]

so the smart car gets smaller and turns into a trike? go figure.....

[Archer7Tadayoshi]

That's the kind of tricycle bike I would buy

[ChrisPCrunchy]

Damn I though this video was from Nude Scientist not New Scientist, I would have never watched it if I knew.

[nguyentuan1990]

i want one

[jsteiger2228]

Nice to see someone revived the GM LeanMachine from the 80s

[TheZohaun]

I doubt cupholders will fit anyways and you should find another way to get energy... Sleep typically works for me

[djplace16]

it it it looks like a bug D:

[Kanoee64]

That is a accident waiting to happen.

[airsosoft199]

this is real i saw it on an episode of top gear

[TheGameplays101]

the see me rollin` they hatin`

[TheSaltySea]

So it has koni yellows and a sick exhaust note, but no driving action??!

[ThePatrick6122]

these car will never make on the street

1. alot of people have families so they use family cars

2. i bet this thing is outragiously epensive

[AmazingSuperStar1]

they should make it sit lower it just seems to tall right now

[fiddlincrab]

I want one.  Where can I buy one?

[frepi]

What is the point of creating such a contraption? 1 passenger : no better than a motorcycle except for the roof. Fuel consuption: must be very comparable to the Smart. I doubt that this can be used in the winter. So apart from drawing attention, I don't see why this should be more than a concept.

[TheKayak4444]

@frepi the production model can hold two people. It gets better gas mileage than a Smart car and looks a hell of a lot better. Every time I see someone driving a Smart car I think "Tard" because they look so stupid.

[doulosink]

I want it!

[Hopfolk]

Meh, man up and ride a bike.

[Ja72corbin]

i so want one of those!!!

[kalargyi]

i dont mean it to be rude but that invention is = to coffin on wheel.

[MrDenniski]

Even though its obviously taken from the Caver car I like it and it looker better than the Caver. I hope it sells and makes them cheaper than a Caver at £45,000. If you like this car check out the monotracer-e and that leans properly :D

[xtremehikers2000]

not full tilt, would handle better if all 3 wheels leaned!

[quest33613]

FREAKIN AWESOM

[iksleib]

I wonder if it's cup holders will tilt, too... Otherwise where do I put my coffee for the morning commute?

[pauldangerkile]

@iksleib They don't need to tilt, they will be more stable than in a car. The momentum pushes down, not sideways. That's why motorcyclists don't need seatbelts too! :-)

[lerpman1990]

@iksleib um i think gravity will keep the coffee in the cup. just take a bucket and fill it with water and spin it around your head. and you will see what i mean

[WNCSuperNig]

@lerpman1990 centripetal force ;D

[solidjdr]

shit... this thing is looks more like a death trap!

[citydriver]

full tilt my ass

[carpediem1956]

come on. What's new about this? Carver did this years ago. Even if they did all the research from scratch. It's almost a carbon copy. Even the name isn't that clever. But still a cool vehicle hopefully they can make them cheaper!

[selmo999]

Ok, a single wheel in the front design is horrible look at reliant robin and three wheelers they failed for a reason

[KelleyV1988]

I Guess, if the thing can get 100 mpg. Very Cool pulling a trailer, do some camping and fishing on a warm summer day.

[n0a4]

This is like the smart car, except this coffin has 3 wheels and not 4

[carpediem1956]

@n0a4 the smart car is actually a very safe vehicle. you should do some research before draging this car through the mud!

[n0a4]

@carpediem1956 I don't need to research smart car safety to realize how unsafe that golf cart is... especially when there's a million other larger vehicles on the road for every smart car.

[ahodgson36]

I genuinely respect the engineers that designed and built this vehicle. Good work! But..I must say...what is the point of a vehicle such as this? The feeling of a motorcycle with the safety of a car? Well it's a bit of a short change on both, but that's just my opinion.

[mn2rgda]

I find it quite funny reading all the nay-saying comments posted here. The first url above will provide more information about CLEVER but I can tell you from my personal experience of this project that it is not a rip-off of anything! It is the result of an EU-Funded reasearch project, with multiple partners, but predominantly the University of Bath and BMW. As with any vehicle development, comparisons were made, but CLEVER was designed completely from scratch!

[D6team]

Can it be electrical? It's bit similar to ReVolt car.

[Welljusthi]

DO A BARREL ROLL.

[2vsU]

Can this thing plug into my Xbox?

[nicholaswheeler]

i would love to ride to work in that

[neillattz]

Its giving me motion sickness just watching it drive.

[Josephjoel3]

Carver is bankrupt...

[02132223227]

good desain..!

[bassbahnson]

Carver? Try the Honda Gyro...

[tnelson555]

just buy a motorbike you twits.

[chegeraut]

@tnelson555

motorbike is great, but it will never reach such fuel efficency due it's aerodynamic issues. That's the problem.

And this babe runs 108 MPG or 2.18 L/100KM.

[Mainiac1221]

@chegeraut in car terms that is legendary, as good as a prius c concept!

[jessejubilee]

If California actually had more money it would be nice to build mini highways for commuters like these.

[TheGreenfrog140]

I am interested in this .. i wonder how much is this? its safer then a two wheeler motorcycle or scooter i feel.

[Tjita1]

It most likely uses Carver Engineerings DVC system for the tilting. I think it's a good thing, it's small and lightweight and aerodynamic, so the fuel economy will be great, and it's fun to drive, so people will actually buy it. If it's cheap as well, that will be a huge bonus, and if they increase the safety rating it will be even better. And a majority of all car journeys are made alone, so I don't really see the need to drive around with 4 unused seats in the car.

[kineticdeath]

that looks SO much like those anoying hoverbikes from the original Quarantine game demo. The ones that you just had to drive down the wrong side of the highway to try and smash into the trucks!

Wish the Carver 1 still was around though, it was a 2 seater so its autmoatically better, even if the backseat was tigh it was still there

[keepsilent2005]

Dizzy @_@

[MacMan999990000000]

id find a way to roll it

[2012listo]

Yeah, and the carver ripped off my dreams when I was a jagoff!

[seth1913]

what happens when a semi tuck hits you?

[McMarius121]

@seth1913 the same as on a scooter or a bike?

[seth1913]

@McMarius121 so then this is a pointless invention i think a life is more important than gas mileage and fucking emmisions control

[jasonfish07]

@seth1913 You die.

[IDontWantYourCereal]

what a clever name!

[wuelftracks]

needs a radio

[roysfoto]

No monopoly. i like it.

[12absinthe12]

its like driving a prius, it looks ugly and u yourself end up looking like a knob.

[antjel1]

On top of it it's been crashed tested. Sure it's not as safe as an SUV but it's a lot safer than a bike and a lot better on gas.

[antjel1]

I really love this prototype. Alot of people don't realize a 3 wheel vehicle is classified as a motorcycle. I would buy in a heartbeat if they ever built one. I know bikers complain about the "cage" but think about it. You can have you're normal bike for commuting and then the Clever for when the weather not so good. I know a couple guys who keep a cheap honda in their drive just for those days. I personal would drive it all the time just for AC, Tilt, Carpool!

[theshow72gm]

Looks jut like a Carver, they must have bought the technology from them.

[manfromregina]

cool, not enough bicycle parts tho'

[m1aws]

@manfromregina Too many motorcycle parts for my liking. WTF are motorbike wheels doing on the back? Car radials will last 4-5x as long as bike tyres and give less rolling resistance.

And I'm a biker.

[dagrome]

The Carver looks much better.

[mike47912]

if you get hit by a car while inside that thing...you'll fly to the moon.

[m1aws]

@mike47912 It's been crash tested Mike. No motorbike has with any real purpose other than to attempt legislation.

[mike47912]

@m1aws I understand.but they said that the body wights pretty light,which it not safe on the road.my opinion**

[m1aws]

@mike47912 Have a look at the structure. The panels were mooted to be CF and there is a crash test of this vehicle elsewhere on youtube. This would cut thro' a car like a knife.

[mike47912]

@m1aws Right.

[Easttr090]

No more carpool with that fat assed annoying co-worker bitch! :D

[supplierhq]

I think this kind of 3 wheels scooter had invented many years ago and patent is no longer valid. Everybody can build it.

[bodryn]

@supplierhq I don't know if the controlled tilt has been used before - maybe you know about that. I really like this design.

[Chilldogg]

check out the 3 wheeled EV on my channel.

[boogie504]

The Honda Gyro 3 wheeled scooter did this same tilt style turns back in 1985, check'em out, lol

[moviesattheatre]

To all of you who's saying its a rip off (look at the publish date.............it is the prototype of carver one

[505197]

I looks like it'd take an acre to do a U-turn, and I'm not so sure I like the steering wheel as opposed to handle bars. What I'd like to see is what happens when the ass steps out on a wet curve and you have to counter-steer. Something tells me it's gonna be a a bad situation trying to correct for an oversteer, you'd be leaning the "wrong" way and gettin it back under control real iffy.

[dimos47ki7]

@505197 it would be really weird yeah, but i think that the front tyre will always lose grip before the rear tyres do, just because it is much smaller and offers much less grip. they could also have it equiped with ESP so you cannot oversteer it anyway ;)

[nikkolei]

it looks so sad when driving it :(

[Ricsutube]

Looks like fun. Don't care who copied who... Will see who brings it to the US market first. Thats the test.

[l8gr8rick]

Sure the idea was stolen - GM created a vehicle called the Lean Machine that was displayed at DisneyWorld in 1983 so nobody copied the Carver - they copied GM or bought the rights to the design.

[salamandarsalsa]

@l8gr8rick A man by the name of Ernst Neumann Neander is said to have made some tilting three wheelers around 1950.

[ebaysutube]

Copy of the Carver... but unlike the Carver, this thing looks like it would tip over during maneuvers the Carver could easily handle.

[andiskomfort]

Its like a motorbike, but without the fun and adrenaline : /

[benskin79]

I bet if Vandenbrink sues BMW and Mercedes for patent infringement, he'll easily have enough money to get back into the vehicle design business. He can later sue the smaller companies if his new factory break room needs a coffeemaker.

[IntarwebUser]

I like that three wheeler better than other car-motorcycle hybrids I've seen. I'm too chicken to ride a motorcycle, but this I'd be willing to get inside!

All it needs now is a trunk.

[MrL1berty]

This project is called 'VentureOne'

[ShadowWolfRising]

@MrL1berty

GO TEAM VENTURE!

[EmceeGray]

I know this whole idea comes from the carver. I'd like to know if this was official or a rip off...but my friends, your anger at this tells me that you guys probably don't know, but the Carver was officially discontinued, so at this point it's either this or some of the failing alternatives.

[ZebbMassiv]

shame its not electric

[CornyStudios]

fuck your ass in you mo m

[BartholomewCounty]

I have a completely new engineering idea for a three-wheeler. I've searched and searched, but I've never seen it. A three wheeled car that weighs less than 1000 lbs could go around the Brickyard in Indianapolis as fast as any race car that has run there. Contact me if interested in development.

[m1aws]

@BartholomewCounty Would anyone like to buy my heirloom Walmart watch for $1000?

[Gunner3210]

You know, there is a smarter, cheaper and more cool looking alternative to this.

It is called a motorbike.

[obeyance]

@Gunner3210 LOL! Well, yes and no. This is probably A LOT more safe, as if you hit a slick spot on the road your not going to fishtail and be thrown from it at 60mph, fly off, use the road to erase parts of your body and then roll to your death... You would just possibly fishtale, crash and die instead....

[Sk8Mystery4Lyfe]

in da six-fo, bendin corners, my nigga

[jerryfinsternumber9]

Great. Now market it and sell it for a couple million dollars.

[gign38]

Honda already done this in 1990's with a scooter.

[m1aws]

@gign38 Ariel already done this in the 70's.

[Bitskoemer]

Clever idea and all what you want, but a car still looks better... xD

[JETHROTULLROCKS777]

completely riped of from the carver 1

[spacep0d]

@JETHROTULLROCKS777 *ripped *off. 

[shakensparco]

So when can we start playing Tron in real life?

[TheJDawgz]

I want this!

[HackHunters]

complete the body and this will look great

[101southsideboy]

can any one tell me if this want to thing ever made it into full production?also if it did what was the asking price.

[ryosvet]

The New way to get car sick?

[Spoksy]

that looks so fun to drive

[jgrakowski]

I would like to see what would happen when this thing gets hit by a garbage truck.

[MasterSorcererKane]

You people need to do your homework before you post things like "Nissan stole this idea". Nissan "BOUGHT" this idea. The major differance between this and a carver is....wait for it....YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS IN THE U.S.A! You tards feel stupid and want one now dont you? Good luck getting a Carver because you won't. This "stolen idea" of a car will also only cost 2/3 of the carver also.

[darrallc]

Why tilt the entire body of the cockpit? It's going to make for really dangerous negotiation of corners, when peripheral vision will be compromised and the chance of a collision will multiply drastically.

[tristanduff]

Why on earth would they use a steering wheel in a cockpit that tilts like a motorcycle? Handlebars would be far more intuitive.

[flodeezul]

@tristanduff a joy stick would be better

[EuroSon99]

What a Joke. This was totally Copied FROM the CARVER!...... "Go directly to jail. Do not pass go, do not collect $200".

[TheRebelman95]

@EuroSon99 the names even close

[TheHanatarou]

MaskRiders

[americanroute66]

I love it

[superlegoanimator]

Ah shit, I spilled my coffee

[onetoughtechie]

honda gyro copy! honda had that idea thirty years ago! cool but nothing new!

[nigelpondcom]

2007 this was posted; why can't I buy one of these??? The Vandenbrink Carver One wasn't successful because it cost too much to produce (and therefore buy - 30K GBP!). Surely someone like BMW could produce somthing like this more cheaply?

[OregonDARRYL]

Is this really much more stable than if it didn't tilt, or does this just give you the illusion of stability - which would be dangerous. The speeds in the corners here look fairly slow.... compared to a motorcycle. Have you got it to lift a wheel in the corner and what did you do. What happened?

[101bgt]

If u want to download a Card Revealer for pokerstars and full tilt /watch?v=k7wc5P9ltLQ

[AlexHawn5]

сучарище

[m1aws]

Its a bit daft putting motorcycle tyres on the back. There is no advantage in cost, longevity, speed, grip or fuel consumption.

I wish it well at an affordable price.

[liljim4]

it may be a copy of the carver...but the carver isn't in production, so we might as well like it...

[Battleganz]

The Singapore government is taxing the BMD as an automobile because BMW is better at business than their whole country.

[strechmetz]

Cool idea, but its uglier than oprahs stretch marks.

[marxseet]

Country such as Singapore where the different between the car to a bike is USD24000 to USD1900. It is not hard to imagine why their government want to classify it as car with stupid reason because it has a steering wheel!

[marxseet]

This is going to fail like the Carver One if BMW can't make up their mind to build it as a car or bike. The marketing department will have a hard time selling it to stupid country such as Singapore where the authority want to tax it as car because of the steering wheel.

[robbie1490]

BMW doesn't copy anyone. I'm sure they had this way before the carver company. Plus, bmw makes ultimate driving machines, i dont see carver making them... oh wait... they went bankrupt...

[Cyberwwwizard]

@robbie1490 - Where d'you think BMW got the 4x4 tech from? Yes, Land Rover so yes they do copy. BMW does NOT make the ultimate driving machines. That's just a trademark like Carlsberg probably make the best lager in the world. Would everyone agree to that? No way, it's shit.

[robbie1490]

@Cyberwwwizard You can say what you want. I work at BMW, and every car I've ever tested cannot compare to what BMW can deliver. It doesn't matter what you say, because 9 times out of 10 every customer Ive worked with picks the bmw.

[Cyberwwwizard]

@robbie1490 - don't worry, you'll get a decent job soon. It's just a matter of waiting out for something rewarding and good for you. BMW is VASTLY overrated. I've driven a lot of the models and a lot of other cars. BMW certainly hasn't got more than others.

[robbie1490]

@Cyberwwwizard I don't need a decent job. I don't work at the dealership, I work at the BMW plant of america. We make x5's, x3's, and use to make the z4. We have our opinions. My opinion, hardly any car, except for other European vehicles, can match a BMW.

[tbrouter]

nice idea....but you will never see one in your garage or on the road. There is a grave yard full of companies with great ideas that can never get them to production. I suspect Government is to blame.

[dafiltafish]

all i can say is, very interesting

[MrEnsignharry]

the carver shits on this but doesnt matter anyway australia wont let us have anything fun

[kingredrider1]

what happens when the steeringweel jams or something like that ? and how do you park this thing in reverse ?

[jsarbora]

So, could you make this a convertible, which also makes it like a motorcycle/car?

[jbshadow1]

Your all wrong, its a tron bike. with an extra wheel

[davidacardona]

I really like the prototype, but think that for daily needs it needs to carry at lease two people.. single-space vehicles only can be used on really light tasks

[RomicaEvil]

That sounds tight

[123shadowspeed]

wow looks funny to drive :-D

[pskdlfhv]

i wanna buy one

[billyposter]

Its tiny.. I like the side window shape, but he original (carver) is still better. If someone cd only produce this type of vehicle for 10,000 euros

[noob2top3210]

Watch you get hit by a four wheeler.

[510DAZY]

@noob2top3210 of course! that's what you get for driving a motorized tricycle on the streets lol.

[RalOhmSurEth]

Want.

[hunterziegelmann]

japan always steals car realted useful things from germany cuase they can never come up with anything truely practical!

[Kaze123456]

@hunterziegelmann and Germans do it from Netherlands, this is a CARVER copy, even the name is quite similar...

[salamalycoom]

looks like fun