News tagged with electric scooter

Geely McCar: Electric vehicle and scooter in one

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geely, an automotive manufacturer that is based in China, has created a new vehicle called McCar. Aside from creating a lot of Batman movie comparisons and jokes, it truly is an amazing vehicle. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 28 | with audio podcast weblog

Yamaha unveils zero-emission electric motor scooter

Japan's Yamaha Motor unveiled on Wednesday a zero-emission electric motor scooter for city use that it said could travel five times farther than a gasoline model for the same cost.

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created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 21

Honda unveils zero-emission electric scooter

Japan's Honda Motor on Tuesday unveiled its latest electric scooter, saying it initially plans to target domestic business customers such as pizza delivery services.

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created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 12




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Tour on solar-powered boat to beat climate change

Scanning the horizon on his solar-powered catamaran, Swiss electrical engineer Raphael Domjan counts down the hours to the completion of his record-breaking world tour.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

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

Foldable robot scooter wows at Tokyo Motor Show

A foldable robot scooter controlled by a smart phone wowed visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday as its makers unveiled what they hope will be the future of urban driving.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Electromobile, together

Not buying cars but sharing them -- car-sharing is practiced in many major cities. And in the electromobile future, city dwellers will use lots of vehicles and infrastructure together -- that is the idea of Fraunhofer researchers. ...

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shanghai shuts 2 factories in lead poisoning probe

(AP) -- Shanghai's environmental watchdog ordered two factories in its suburbs to halt production pending an investigation into the source of lead poisoning among children in a nearby village.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spanish researchers build electric motorcycle prototype

A group of engineers at Carlos III University of Madrid has developed a prototype of a high-performance electric motorcycle, which has recently participated in the first electric motorcycle world championship.

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Swiss solar-powered aircraft lands in Brussels

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels on Friday after completing its first international flight, 13 hours after it took off from Switzerland.

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created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Carmakers look to an electric future in China

Major carmakers' high hopes for electric vehicles are on clear display at the Shanghai auto show, but industry leaders say it could be a decade before such eco-friendly cars go mainstream.

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Electric vehicles complete round-the-world tour

Electric vehicles from Australia, Germany and Switzerland completed a pioneering 27,000 kilometre "emissions free" round-the-world trip on Thursday, after 188 days on the road and at sea.

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created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff

(AP) -- A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, ...

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created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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