During 2013, Cecomp began the feasibility study and preliminary design phases of the Risciò (rickshaw) project, which aimed to create a two/three-seat L-class recreational vehicle with two/three aligned seats, full electric drive with motors positioned on wheels and a lightweight aluminium chassis.
The vehicle was innovative for the type of recreational/touring application and for the architectural choice of chassis components, and had an influential impact on the company by increasing technical, technological and process knowledge, especially regarding the development and realisation of electric vehicles with lightweight chassis, reducing the vehicle’s weight and consequently its energy consumption.
In addition, the project was carried out with the future foresight of developing a composite or polymeric body, with the internal goal of acquiring further specific knowledge for the realisation of vehicles with high lightness and rigidity.
