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Biodiesel bike tries to circumnavigate Australia

Paul Carter, a best-selling author who previously spent 20 years as an off-shore oil driller, is smack dab in the middle of a 20,000-kilometer (12,240-mile) trip around Australia aboard a biodiesel-powered motorcycle built by students at the University of Adelaide. If Carter is successful, he plans to follow this trip up with a land-speed record attempt of 166 miles per hour aboard a second biodiesel-powered motorcycle. Carter hopes to average 53 miles per hour over the trip using 650 liters in used cooking oil and waste animal fats. A ... Read more →

A step further: Regional government supplies electric bikes to show feasability Xavier Navarro

A few months ago, we spoke about the Government of Cantabria, Spain, and its BioBike project to promote the use of electric bikes. The program just got an additional boost when that Government ...

BioBike, a biodiesel motorcycle made in Australia, gets over 100 mpg Jeremy Korzeniewski

Here in the Unites States, riding motorcycles is more likely to be for pleasure than for practical purposes, but that is not the case in all areas of the world. A group from Australia is proving the ...

Biodiesel bike tries to circumnavigate Australia 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Paul Carter, a best-selling author who previously spent 20 years as an off-shore oil driller, is smack dab in the middle of a 20,000-kilometer (12,240-mile) trip around Australia aboard a biodiesel-powered motorcycle built by students at the University of Adelaide. If Carter is successful, he ...

A step further: Regional government supplies electric bikes to show feasability 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A few months ago, we spoke about the Government of Cantabria, Spain, and its BioBike project to promote the use of electric bikes. The program just got an additional boost when that Government supplied 16 electric bikes to the main media of the region to promote its use and visibility. During six ...

BioBike, a biodiesel motorcycle made in Australia, gets over 100 mpg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the Unites States, riding motorcycles is more likely to be for pleasure than for practical purposes, but that is not the case in all areas of the world. A group from Australia is proving the worth of their biodiesel-powered motorcycle by showcasing in alongside other alternative-fueled ...


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