Many people have asked about a hybrid version. We prefer to keep the car clean and simple. You would need a 4-5 kW generator to keep Trev cruising at highway speeds, and there is not a lot of room inside the car. A generator on a trailer might be a good option for the occasional long trip.

Getting in and out is very easy—there is a suicide door (Rolls Royce would call it a “coach door”) on the left side of the car, and the floor is cut away so you can sit on the seat with your feet on the ground. There are a couple of photographs that show this at the top of the main page of Trevipedia.

We are currently lowering the rear seat and raising the rear of the canopy to give more headroom in the rear. The brake and turning lights are already reasonably high—there are some photographs that show the rear of the car on the UniSA web site.

Trev does not tilt.

Peter, Team Trev

Perhaps if the canopy on the kerb side took in some of the side of the car, or there was a drop down panel on that side as well to make stepping out easier.

Perhaps make the rear section of canopy a bit hiegher with a ‘roll bar’ section at the back into which you could incorporate brake and/or turning lights at a higher level.

I take it the car does not tilt?

During the Zero Race, Trev will use about 2100 kWh of electricity. We will charge Trev in the middle of each day and each evening. The electricity will be generated from a variety of sources, some clean and some not. To be zero emission, we have to put 2100 kWh of clean electricity into an electricity grid somewhere. Effectively, we will be borrowing energy from a mixture of sources, and repaying it with clean energy.

Peter, Team Trev