In Frankfurt, there was the official premiere of the concept of a new city car Opel. Opel has officially unveiled the concept of a new city car. The new product is called RAK e . This is a small electric car, which occupies about 3 m in length and 119 cm in height, and designed for the driver and one passenger. The car body is made from recycled polymers and weighs 380 kg - according to the creators, about three times less than conventional cars. While externally it has a futuristic forms, and access to the cabin is through a special roof-dome and sliding seats and steering wheel. According to the chief designer Opel mark Adams, creating this car, the company was based on already existing projects of electric vehicles, primarily on the competition. Also, according to Adams, the new product would be a great first car for new drivers. Some functions, such as opening roof-dome can be controlled from your phone by the Way about the latter. Although the standard Opel RAK e is capable of accelerating to 100 km/h in just over 13 and to develop 120 km/h maximum speed, the engineers have provided a version that develop only 45 km/H. However, this level of "maximally will allow Europe's completely legal to drive anyone had turned sixteen. The machine is driven by electric motor with a capacity of 36.5 kW/45 HP , which can be increased to 14 HP for a short time. The maximum torque of the engine is 58 Nm, and the battery capacity of 5 kW h, which allows you to travel on a single charge up to 100 km, However, to make the new product more attractive, Opel promise free to install on garages buyers of solar panels, thanks to which the costs of overcoming 100 km Opel RAK e is only 1 Euro. Prices for the new product, as well as the release date for series production car is still not known. However, for sure they will not force myself to wait, as the interest in Opel RAK e is really high.