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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bicycle, a World-First by Linde AG

Benji Jerew — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:58:06 +0000

Linde, Germany’s largest supplier of industrial gas, including hydrogen, already has a number of hydrogen fuel stations, at least one hundred at last count, has developed the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell bicycle. Bicycles are already emissions-free, provide great exercise, and can be parked anywhere, even in your office. On the other hand, if you […]

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ScootPlus Electric Scooter – Stylish (Micro-?) Electric Vehicle

Benji Jerew — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:32:28 +0000

Would you call it an electric vehicle if it didn’t have four wheels and at least two doors? Perhaps not, but a new electric scooter can really fill the need when it comes to urban transportation. If you are progressive, you might consider a conventional electric vehicle for your transportation needs, but you’d still have […]

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Trikelet: World’s Most Compact Foldable Electric Scooter to Hit Market Soon

Mila Luleva — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:04:33 +0000

OK, everyone wants to have a cool all-electric four-wheeler, preferably a Tesla, which can take them wherever they want in a comfortable, clean, quiet and super sexy manner. Yes, all this is really nice, but if you had to pick between that dreamy and slightly expensive drive, and a much cheaper and much smaller, yet equally […]

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World’s Most Dangerous Motorcycle Race Allows Electric Bikes

Leigh Hutchens — Mon, 26 May 2014 03:17:12 +0000

The world’s craziest motorcycle race, the International Isle of Man TT kicked off this weekend. Held since 1907, the race takes place on the tiny island between England and Ireland. It’s considered the ultimate test for motorcycle riding zealots. The race attracts grown men who dress like Power Rangers and ride what look like futuristic […]

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Electric Bike Conversion Kit is Lightest Ever

Benji Jerew — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:41:06 +0000

When considering an electric bike conversion kit, there are a few paths you can take, both of which help solve the transportation problems city-dwellers or city-workers experience. The main idea with electric bikes is they help to solve the “last mile” problem, where commuters get to their destination city and still have to get to […]

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FEDDZ Electric Bike Has Storage Space Instead of Fuel Tank

Mila Luleva — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:14:15 +0000

Yes, yes, electric cars are the must have items these days, taking over quite a big part of the recent green news. But the Geneva Motor Show reminded us that electric vehicles don’t only come with four wheels. There are these two-wheelers too, that most definitely attract quite a bit of attention. In between the […]

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New Electric Bike Generates Oxygen And Removes Air Pollutants

Mila Luleva — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:55:36 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a bicycle that not only did not generate any pollution, but actually removed any unwanted gases that come its way and generated oxygen just as plants do? The guys at Lightfog creative studio in Bangkok thought so, and instead of only dreaming of a greener future, they took […]

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Batpod-Like Electric Bike for Sale on eBay

Mila Luleva — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:35:58 +0000

Are you a fan of motorbikes? Or green technology? Or superheros? How about all of the above? If the fourth option is the one you choose, then you will be particularly interested in what comes next. Log in to eBay, prepare $27,500 and after two mouse clicks you can be the sole owner of a […]

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Rubbee, Fastest Electric Bike Conversion on the Planet, Just $1,000

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:22:56 +0000

As more short-range commuters are converting to bicycles and bike lanes, they are coming to the second realization that maybe an electric bike would have been a better choice. After all, what’s worse than showing up for that all-important 9:30am meeting late than showing up on time but sweating like you just walked out from […]

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Electric Bikes Banned in NYC, Biking Law a Little Short-Sighted

Benji Jerew — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:35:31 +0000

Electric bikes are a great way to get around, especially on city streets. They take up almost no room and you can park them practically anywhere. In New York City, you can also get fined up to $1,000 for riding an electric bike. Electric bikes have actually been outlawed in New York State since 2004, […]

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Electric Bicycles, a Clean Solution to Decrease Urban Traffic Congestion

Mila Luleva — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:55:01 +0000

A new trend in using electric bicycles is now increasingly noticeable in many cities in North America and Western Europe, providing renewable energy solutions to cope with traffic congestion. Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, are now acknowledged as a desired solution to ecological and economic problems. Many people now recognize the importance of lithium-ion over lead-acid batteries and […]

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Zero Motorcycles Provide E-Bikes for Law Enforcement

Benji Jerew — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:57:58 +0000

In talking about electric vehicles, we realize they’re quiet, and that’s a nice thought, being able to pull into your driveway late at night without waking the neighbor’s dog. Usually, this is where discussion of the acoustics of an electric vehicle ends, and then we talk about more important things like range, recharging, and reliability. […]

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Is Lit Motors’ C-1 More Than a Motorcycle?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:56:37 +0000

The motorcycle has always been one of those symbols of rogue American freedom, and for decades were the realm of people with a distinct passion for it. Robert Pirsig said it best “You’re completely in contact with it all. You’re in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.” […]

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New Speed Record Set By Solar-Powered “Lightning” Motorcycle

Mila Luleva — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:31:33 +0000

Lightning Motorcycles has broken yet another record. With their electric motorcycle, they reached a speed of 189.086 mph for a course of 1.3 miles, running down the El mirage dry lake bed. This might come as a surprise to some, but the record is not just for electric motorcycles but for gas-powered ones too. In […]

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Japan’s New “Assisted Mama” Electric Bike Features Child Seats

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:35:44 +0000

We’ve all seen child carriers for bicycles, from rear mounted trailers to rack mounted carriers. Bridgestone subsidiary Bridgeport has designed and has recently sold some 300,000 of its new e-bikes to Japanese clients, specifically mothers. Yes, I said mothers, as the new Bridgeport Assista Mamachiri, which loosely translated means, Assisted Mama Bike. The new e-bike has […]

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New Urban Electric Folding Bicycle Has No Chain

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:37:14 +0000

British designer, Mark Sanders, Dutch e-bike expert Han Goes, and Korean auto suppliers Mando Corp and Meister, have come together to design the world’s first plug-in hybrid-electric bicycle, the Mando Footloose. Electricity is stored by a lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack in the frame, which is either charged by a plug-in charger, or by the pedal-driven […]

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Specialized Turbo e-Bike Rides at 28 mph, Claims It’s The Fastest Bike Out There

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:13:33 +0000

Let me ask you a simple question: how much would you spend for a bike? Would you buy a €5,499 ($7,100) bike? Waiting for you to decide, I’m telling you that Specialized, a company specialized in bikes, has just launched what it calls world’s fastest and best electric bike out there… the Turbo… costing… I just […]

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Daymak Shadow Ebike: The First Wirelessly-Controlled Electric Bicycle

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:53:58 +0000

No brake cables, to gear cables, nothing at all, except for some 2.4 GHz emitters and receivers, a gadgetized front wheel and regenerative braking. You all know what that is, I presume... it's recharging the batteries when you brake, by switching the DC motor's function to reverse.

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Peraves E-Tracer/Monotracer: The Next Big Thing in Agile Urban Movement

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:27:41 +0000

The gasoline version that you can see here can reach speeds of up to 160 mph and can host two. It's not a motorbike and not a car, either. Though the electric version of it can outperform any electric car on the market today in both speed and autonomy and will look exactly the same.

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Fast-Forward Powered Pedals Should Help You Climb Hills Easier

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:43:00 +0000

The idea of modding my bike and making it electric excites me every time I think about it. I even wanted to buy one of those kits on from China a few weeks ago. Then, my wife reminded me that biking is not about going fast and sweatless, but rather about pedaling and enjoying the sports. I can hardly wait till she sees this... the "Fast-Forward Powered Pedals"

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DIY Girl From Ohio Builds Her Own Electric Bike From Scratch – See How

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:38:32 +0000

It looks like men are not the only ones who love technology, welding, batteries and electric motors. After presenting the example of Eva HÃƒÆ’€kansson, who plans on building an electric motorcycle, I stumbled upon the story of another girl, Jennifer Holt, from Columbus, Ohio, who built her own electric bike.

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EV Bike Girl Wants to Build 400 mph "KillaJoule" Electric Motorcycle

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:03:58 +0000

Eva HÃƒÆ’€kansson, the daughter of Sven HÃƒÆ’€kansson, who in the 1960s designed and rode his own championship-winning bike, and the wife of Bill DubÃƒÆ’©, the man behind Killacycle, the world's fastest electric vehicle (bike), wants to make her own motorcycle with an aerodynamic shape that would beat all the world records.

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DIY: Easily Convert Any Bicycle Into Electric With GreenWheel

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:20:50 +0000

MIT engineers have been developing and are now testing an upgrade to the old bicycle that can be easily installed and that can transform your foot-powered 2-wheeler into a full-electric vehicle (or hybrid, if you use your own force).

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American Electric Car Conversions Still Expensive

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:14:44 +0000

Hybrid Technologies, a company whose headquarters is in Las Vegas, has already begun to think about the next best business after the making of hybrid cars: converting old gasoline cars to electric ones!

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Home Made Electric Bike

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:41:37 +0000

Here’s a short video of someone who modified his bicycle to go electric. He used a brushless motor and a pack of several Li-Ion batteries of 36V capable of 30A (about 1kW). You’ll, see, he uses two, four, six, or eight of these batteries. That’s 8kW = about 5hp. That’s more than a regular motoscooter […]

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Home Made Electric Motorcycle

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:18:55 +0000

Treehugger features an article about a guy (Benjamin Nelson) who converted his Kawasaki motorcycle into an electric one. He bought an 8hp used electric motor (Briggs&Stratton) from Craigslist, mounted the batteries into the place of the old motor… and that’s it! He even admits he isn’t a tech savvy like others are, and doesn’t own […]

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ENV electric motorcycle – fuel cell powered

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:04:12 +0000

The Intelligent Energy ENV (Emissions Neutral Vehicle) is a motorcycle like no other. The ENV (pronounced “en vee”) is the envy of some of the other H2 motorcycle, scooter and wannabe manufacturers for its power, range, quietness and sleek design, though it does face some stiff competition from a few other manufacturers. The ENV H2 […]

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