[Auto] Azapa-FDS: the Japanese hydrogen car to always find parking

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The Azapa-FDS is a two-person car designed for urban life. And not for just any city, its designers have conceived it for "daily use" no less than in Japan. Whose po[CENSORED]tion and traffic density is one of the highest on the planet in some areas.

Therefore, and although it is not clearly seen in the images, it is a vehicle that measures only 2.49 meters long, 1.29 meters wide and 1.25 meters high. In other words, 20 cm shorter and 37 cm narrower than a Smart Fortwo, and the same height as many supercars.

A little 'zero emissions'
This is certainly not a comfortable car, however thin its body panels are. However, it promises to alleviate the problems of parking and traffic jams that are experienced in most cities. Furthermore, this city car is powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology. That is, with an electric motor powered by the chemical reaction of hydrogen with oxygen.

Regarding its design, it is still a concept, so it has some characteristics that would not support the slightest confrontation with reality. For example, its free height to the ground of just a few centimeters would be incompatible with the slightest bump. And let's not say if it's about overcoming a speed bump.

Its strange body full of angles seems to respond to an attempt to lower manufacturing costs. The same goes for the two square headlights, with the flat shape of the hood and nose with hardly any details. It only has a red line that crosses it from part to part at the height of the handles, which connects the front lights, the rear lights and their camera-type mirrors.

 

A perfect hydrogen car for ‘carsharing’
The interior of the Azapa-FDS is just as simple. It lacks fluffy materials and ornaments except, again, a red line at the same height. Here it is noted that one of the objectives of this car, if not the only one, is to be part of carsharing fleets. Being filled with solid and hard surfaces, it is resistant and easy to clean.

It doesn't even have a central touchpad or a tunnel with slots between the occupants. Although the latter is appreciated considering that the interior space of this hydrogen car will be very limited. Everything suggests that the Japanese who have developed this vehicle want to keep its price as low as possible.

According to the Japanese automaker Azapa, the prototype will hit the market by the end of 2021, "in the hope of fostering hydrogen-based mobility and thus improving its infrastructure." We will see if they achieve this objective, because there are already a good number of brands that are trying to cover the urban vehicle market with battery electric bets. A good account of this is given by Ono Motion or the Micro Mobility company with the Microlino 2.0.