We showed you the XR-3 hybrid vehicle back when it was merely a concept, but now it's the real deal, and it's unlike any other eco-friendly vehicle out there. How? Well, when you buy it, you get a DVD. On that DVD are instructions on how to build the vehicle. Yep, you've got to build this car yourself. Hope you're handy with tools!
Designer Robert Riley says that the materials should set you back about $25,000, but depending on what you use you could cut that down to a mere $7,500. Once you've got your XR-3 built, you'll have a three-wheeled vehicle that can travel at speeds of up to 80mpg and can take you 40 miles on a charge. When filled with biodiesel and in hybrid mode, it gets a whopping 225 miles per gallon, which is impressive to say the least
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By Benwah at 12:57 PM ON 09/09/08
Been available for a while. REALLY nice looking front, but the rear needs work. Link on where to buy would be helpful(www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm), as would the author not confusing MPG with MPH... ;-)
By hmind at 6:27 PM ON 09/10/08
Maybe this is a dumb question, but is this street legal? =P
By phoenix at 9:34 PM ON 10/01/08
three wheeled vehicles are street legal and can be driven with the standard class C license, but ones that are self bit?? i dont know what type of risk assesment and paperwork would be needed. perhaps the same as when your building your own car from a frame?
By michael at 10:23 PM ON 10/08/08
i love this car
By arikira at 10:43 PM ON 01/05/09
Perhaps 3-wheelers in general *can be* street legal, but the one we see here seems to be lacking trn signals (at least on the back) and a brake light. I'm guessing that kinda kills it. Seeing as how this thing is so DIY, though, it shouldnt be too hard to adapt some simple, low-consumption LEDs and pt some red plastic over 'em.
I love this thing.