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It's Friday: new rickshaw brings pedal-power to the MINI

by Xavier Navarro (RSS feed) on Aug 15th 2008 at 12:16PM


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If you hadn't noticed, the Olympic Games in Beijing are being celebrated these days. MINI decided that it was a good opportunity to mix Chinese traditions with British German craftmanship and so they sent a MINI Clubman to be cut in half and made a rickshaw. Yes, not a lot of horsepowers, but human legpower moves the MINI rickshaw around the Hu Tong district in Beijing. The vehicle is finished with all sorts of amulets and decorations to bring good luck to the rider, and liberate some positive energy during these Games. What we can't deny is that human power is actually greener than an ICE engine. Oh, wait, didn't somebody challenge that statement?

Gallery: MINI Rickshaw



[Source: BMW]

Filed under: Etc., MINI, Green Daily, China

Tags: beijing, beijing 2008, beijing-2008, Beijing2008, china, its friday, ItsFriday, olympic-games, olympics, rickshaw

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