News tagged with electric bicycle

Dutch 'Repair Cafe' give trash a new lease of life

A broken-down vacuum cleaner, an old bicycle, a torn shirt ... almost nothing is impossible to fix for a group of crafty Dutch volunteers dedicated to giving potential trash a second lease of life.

Technology / Other

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A bicycle built for you

Recent graduates of the UA McGuire Entrepreneurship Program have launched Velocis, a company that promotes environmental sustainability and healthful living through use of custom-designed electric bicycles.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Visions of a 'car-free future'

City centers could become virtually car-free over the next 20 years under new plans proposed by University of Leeds transport researchers.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 37

Electric bicycle gets 60-mile range with portable hydrogen fuel cell

Claiming to have developed "the most energy dense power solution for electric bicycles," SiGNa Chemistry, Inc., is hoping to greatly improve not only electric bicycles, but many other electric applications. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Sanyo sets up solar parking lots for electric bikes

Japanese electronics giant Sanyo said Tuesday it had opened two "solar parking lots" in Tokyo where 100 electric hybrid bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered panels.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Electric bikes on a roll in China

Chinese commuters in their millions are turning to electric bicycles -- hailed as the environmentally-friendly future of personal transport in the country's teeming cities.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Sanyo rolls electric bicycles into US market

Japanese electric bicycle titan Sanyo thinks that notoriously car-loving folks in the United States are prime for peddle power.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1