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Reinventing the (bike) wheel with the Copenhagen Wheel

Notice anything strange about the bike in the picture? The bright red hub isn't exactly subtle, but it does hide some impressive tech. Called the Copenhagen Wheel, this is a device developed by the SENSEable City Lab at MIT that basically can turn a normal bike into a connected electric bicycle simply by replacing your standard rear wheel with this one. The Wheel then adds regenerative braking, batteries, general packet radio service (GPRS), and a motor to your ride. There are also sensors to determine the air quality and noise levels and more. ... Read more →

Wike Electric Sun = bike + WTF? Sebastian Blanco

Wike has been making bicycle trailers since the mid-1990s but what caught our eye recently was the electric, partially enclosed four-wheeled vehicle that the company is working on. More than an ...

Gruber Assist auxiliary drive turns nearly any bicycle into an ebike Jeremy Korzeniewski

Bicycles can be a great way to reduce fuel consumption. They are efficient, relatively inexpensive, easy to store and care for and are often a fun way to score a little exercise while also getting ...

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 ...

Kymco to enter electric bike market with the SunnyBoy Jeremy Korzeniewski

Kwang Yang Motor Co, better known as Kymco, is one of the very best Taiwanese scooter and motorcycle manufacturers around. Most scooter enthusiasts place Kymco right on par with such longtime Japanese ...

Race ready electric dirtbike coming from KTM 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've seen electric dirtbikes before, but they've all been from small start-up manufacturers. You know that the technology is rapidly approaching mainstream when a huge company like KTM starts working on their own ebike. Using lithium ion batteries and an electric motor that produces 29.5 lb-ft ...

Zero Motorcycles sells out of '08s, touts '09s 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For those of you who had been hoping to get your hands on a new 2008 Zero X electric motorcycle, we have some bad news. They are all sold out. Now, the good news is that a new revised-for-'09 model will be making its first appearance at the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, California, on September ...

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 ...

Bricycle: an electric recumbent bicycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 driving all over the roads in America, and he calls it the Bricycle. Using three wheels -- one up front ...

WSJ tests the OHM XU450 ebike 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've gazed at OHM's line of electric bikes already this year, and now we find a review by an automotive writer for The Wall Street Journal. David Patton tested the entry-level machine from the company, known as the XU450. The 450 stands for Watts, which the electric motor is able to deliver for ...

One design for a collapsible electric bicycle train 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 which works sort of like a train. Sure, that sounds confusing, but a quick glance at the pictures ...

DIY electric motorcycle from New York 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

An enterprising man in New York has managed to build an electric motorcycle which he's referring to as the Battery Box. This term comes from the design of the frame, which is just large enough to house the battery components and is built from aluminum for minimal weight. The batteries are a lithium ...

ErockIT serial electric bike impresses 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the Erockit electric bike The debate over serial and parallel hybrid rages on, with Toyota and Honda placing their bets on the parallel model where both the gasoline engine and electric motor power the wheels directly. General Motors has placed a huge bet on the serial ...

High School students build enclosed electric motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the Saint Thomas EV BMW once came up with the idea to enclose a scooter and add some safety equipment to it. Crash tests showed surprisingly favorable results, but the idea never seemed to catch on and the C1 is no longer for sale. The fact that it already proved ...

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 ...

India drops excise duty on electric bikes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

India, the seventh largest but second most populous country in the world, has good reason to encourage electric vehicle sales, considering that its automobile market is growing very rapidly. Pollution could become a much larger problem than it already is if steps are not taken to manage it now. ...

2008 INTERMOT to showcase alternative power on two wheels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the INTERMOT show in Cologne, Germany, running from October 8-12 this year, there will be a special section at the Innovation Centre which will showcase alternative drive two- and three-wheelers. The show will include vehicles that are already on the market, like the Vectrix scooter and electric ...

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 ...

AutoblogGreen rides the Quantya electric motorcycle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not too long ago, we introduced you to an electric motorcycle from a Swiss company knows as Quantya. At that time, we wished that the machine was available here in the States so that we could take a ride on one. Guess what? Our wishes have been granted! Not only is the bike available here, but we ...

Paris Motor Show: Matra MS1-Electric Motorcycle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You may never have heard of the French automotive company Matra. You've probably seen some of their designs and cars that they have built for other companies such as Renault, though. For instance, the strange and strangely popular Renault Espace minivan was initially made by Matra for Renault. They ...

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 ...

Shiny! Electric bicycle has solar-wheels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While it is not uncommon for electric bikes to have a front hub motor or for them to have batteries mounted on the rear racks, these are the first pair of wheels that I have seen with solar panels integrated into them. I think that the idea is pretty cool, and can't really think of another place on ...

Quantya, a Swiss company making electric motorcycles that I really, really want 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Let me just say... I want one of these Quantya electric bikes really, really badly. I would not blame you one bit if you stopped reading right now and went past the break to see a video of this machine in action... it made me want to get up from behind my computer and head on outside for a ride - ...

Green Options teaches you how to ride your bike to work 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's no secret that we like bikes around here. In fact, some of us AutoblogGreen bloggers have been known to ride to work now and then. Being that we've done it ourselves before, we can heartily recommend to you readers that you should give it a try. Especially with the invention of the ...

The HyperBike feasibility study 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The more you read our blog, the more you probably realize that there is an absolutely huge amount of research going into alternative automobiles. Much of the research is on creating new fuels with which to run our internal combustion engines. However, a great deal of research is also being made ...

Yamaha's $2,000 electric bike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you like the Enertia but not the price tag, consider Yamaha's Electric Commuter EC-02. It's just $2,000. It looks a lot like the Enertia electric bike, just smaller and much slower. The Enertia's top speed is 50 MPH while the EC-02 can only go 18 MPH. Enertia says their "bikes are not associated ...

The heartwarming tale of a man and his Segway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We are getting mixed messages regarding Segways today. Yesterday, Engadget reported on the largest club dedicated to the not-quite-a-scooter, stand-up, two-wheeled, self-balancing machine. However, Segway themselves are reporting that sales are up. None of those things might matter to the man ...

Piaggio files patent for a two-wheel-drive electric moped 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Piaggio has gone a slightly different route with their newest moped design. In fact, they have taken two different routes; the machine includes electric motors in both the front and rear wheels. Piaggio and their wholly-owned Vespa have produced mopeds and sold them in America before, but not for ...

MSN Autos gets first ride on the Brammo Enertia electric cycle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We just showed you the new Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle a few days ago, and already MSN Autos has gotten to take it for a ride. Yes, we are all collectively jealous. MSN seems to have enjoyed their time on the machine, although they had to keep it in the low power settings. The machine ...

The Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From the looks of the above video, there is one thing that Brammo definitely got right with their new electric bike, the Enertia: the looks. I really think that this is an attractive machine, with the leather saddle and all the carbon bits. The rest of the components make the bike appear better ...

Daryl Hannah ridin' her hybrid electric bike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We all need celebrities to remind us how to act, right? Sometimes it seems that way. But, as long as the fact remains that people do what they see celebs doing, it's definitely a good thing to highlight when a well known person like Daryl Hannah chooses to go eco-friendly by riding an electric ...

Can you settle for two wheels? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The strange, peculiar bike-looking thing you see above, will outsell by three times even the most optimistic sales projections of cars in China this year. It in fact accounts for a third of all electric vehicle sales. Yes, the electric bike has rapidly become one of the most popular modes of ...

Electric Killacycle to attempt world record dragstrip pass 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Killacycle is the current world record holder for the quickest quarter mile time for any electric vehicle. It is powered by two 6.7 inch electric motors, which operate on 374 volts of lithium ion power using a custom battery pack provided by A123 Systems. The record run stands at 8.168 ...

Electric bikes: Suitable Transportation? Of course, just ask Stephen Gale! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do live in an area where the traffic congestion adds time to your daily commute to work? Have you ever wondered if there might be a better way? Perhaps there is. Watch this video made by Stephen Gale from Melbourne, Australia. He discovered that he could get to work much faster on his electric bike ...

Check out the Kronosport electric utility vehicles, do you have a use for one? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A market exists for small vehicles that are easily transported and have zero emissions, making them suitable for indoor use and for use in heavily congested areas. Malls, large business complexes and even large family dwellings could use a vehicle like this. Kronosport is helping to fill that niche ...

UC Davis professor on his new electric motorcycle and solar panels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Rob Thayer recently had a 4 kilowatt solar array installed at his home, and decided to do something fun with a little of the electrical excess he now enjoys. So he bought an electric motorcycle from electricmotorsport.com. The bike is capable of 60 mph, and can travel 30 miles on a charge. The ...


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