Gordon Murray Launches T-25 City Car and iStream Process

27 February, 2009 05:23:00

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Automotive icon Gordon Murray announced availability of the T-25 City Car and licenses for his company's new iStream manufacturing process.

The T-25 is a radical, innovative design for a new type and class of personal transport vehicle that offers solutions to reduce congestion and parking problems while addressing the issue of full lifecycle CO2 damage. It is designed and packaged to protect mobility, personal freedom and driving fun while greatly reducing environmental damage from vehicle manufacturing.

The iStream assembly process is a complete re-think and redesign of the traditional manufacturing process and could potentially be the biggest revolution in high volume manufacturing since the Model T. Development of the process began more than 15 years ago, and has already won the prestigious 2008 "Idea of the Year" award from Autocar, the world's oldest car magazine.

The company's simplified assembly process means that a manufacturing plant can be designed to be 20% of the size of a conventional factory. This could reduce capital investment in an assembly plant by approximately 80%. Yet the flexibility of this assembly process means that the same factory could be used to manufacture different variants.

The iStream design process is also a complete re-think on high volume materials. Like the manufacturing process it will lead to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions over the lifecycle of the vehicles produced using it, compared with conventional ones. The design process has been built around the mantra of 'Think Light.' All materials for each component are carefully selected to be as light as possible while being 'fit for purpose.'

In short, the T.25 architecture, packaging, materials selection and manufacturing process promises to be the biggest revolution in the mass production of cars in the last 100 years. While the T.25 is only officially on sale this month, the company has already been approached by 15 potential clients based in 12 different countries.

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