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Electric Bicycle World Tour to last three years, well under way

While some think driving around the world in 80 days is a good way to promote the environmentally-friendly possibilities of electric transport, others prefer to take the slow road. In this case, three years worth of slow road. This past May, Guin Valls set out from Beijing, China on a journey powered by sunshine and sweat that won't end until he arrives in London during the Olympic Games in 2012. Aboard a specially-built electric bicycle laden with gear and pulling a small trailer, the Spaniard is using his life-long love of travel to ... Read more →

MIT GreenWheel: Simply an electric bicycle revolution Domenick Yoney

One definition of the word elegant is "to be gracefully concise and simple." In the future, the dictionary just might include the GreenWheel as a product that illustrates this principle perfectly. ...

Instructable of the Day: 48-Volt electric bicycle Jeremy Korzeniewski

Electric bicycles are becoming more and more common as people see a need to get themselves and little else from one place to another. Bicycles are an excellent way to travel in any case, and now ...

Bricycle: an electric recumbent bicycle Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more images of the Bricycle Concept A man by the name of Brian has taken an interesting approach to designing an eco-friendly vehicle to replace some of the single-passengers cars ...

One design for a collapsible electric bicycle train Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more images of the electric bike train Recently, while searching the net for the most interesting forward-thinking ideas around, we stumbled across a design for an electric bicycle ...

Ultra Motor takes you from A2B 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Somewhere between a normal pedal-powered bicycle and an electric scooter lies a class of vehicle which keeps the ability to pedal and adds some assisted power via a small battery pack. This new generation of vehicle is just as useful as the good old moped, except that the electric motor is free of ...

VIDEO: Optibike OB1 lets you use the force 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The folks at Optibike have been building electric bikes for a few years and that experience now manifests itself in their ultimate creation, the new OB1. It takes the signature Optibike part, the patented Motorized Bottom Bracket (MBB) that uses a derailleur system to give you the optimum gear ...

Electric Motion Systems E+ ebike: great features, high price 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more high-resolution shots of the E+ digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Electric_Motion_Systems_E_ebike_great_features_high_price'; Electric bikes are becoming an increasingly intriguing option for commuters who live relatively close to work or for avid outdoor ...

The Electrobike Pi: pretty cool and really expensive 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Let me get this fact off my chest before I write anything else: this thing is flippin' expensive! Alright, now that we're through with that, let's analyze this electric bike, known as Pi. The frame is an aluminum monocoque, meaning that it is a single piece made up of metal which is all a similar ...

When you don't need your car, try a biofuel assisted bicycle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We don't always need to take our cars places. Sometimes we can walk, and sometimes we can ride a bike. But... if you can't do that, how about taking a biofuel assisted bike? MobiBike has created just such a vehicle using a folding Dahon mountain bike with front shocks and disk brakes, and added a ...

The new business cycle: comfy bikes aimed at commuters 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the past couple of decades the bicycle industry in the North America has focused mainly on fancy mountain bikes with full suspension and fast road bikes. While both of these styles of bikes are fairly well suited to their intended applications, the reality is that most people don't find them ...


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