Developing nations ride a motorcycle boom
Asia's rapidly developing economies should prepare for a full-throttle increase in motorcycle numbers as average incomes increase, a new study from The Australian National University has found.
Asia's rapidly developing economies should prepare for a full-throttle increase in motorcycle numbers as average incomes increase, a new study from The Australian National University has found.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2014
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The Los Angeles Police Department is testing two types of electric motorcycles as part of an effort to increase efficiency, decrease its carbon footprint and ultimately cut costs.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 9, 2013
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Japan's best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a "poop-powered" motorcycle that can travel as far as 300 kilometres (180 miles) on a tank filled with animal waste.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 29, 2012
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A team of Virginia Tech College of Engineering undergraduate students this week will take its self-built electric-powered motorcycle to the third-round race of the North American TTXGP eGrandPrIx competition. If the team ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 25, 2012
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XCOR's innovative piston pump technology took a ride from Roswell, NM to Mojave, CA in April 2012.
Engineering
May 4, 2012
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Banning biker gangs and criminalising membership of outlaw motorcycle groups will not be an effective way to combat organised crime says legal expert Dr Andreas Schloenhardt of UQ's TC Beirne School of Law.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2012
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Moped riders crash more frequently, and motorcyclists are more than three times as likely to die in accidents, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) road safety researcher has found.
Other
Apr 19, 2012
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Zero Motorcycles recently unveiled the first mass-produced electric motorcycle capable of traveling more than 100 miles, breaking down one of the long-standing obstacles to consumer adoption.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Lightning Motorcycles SuperBike recently set a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats as the worlds fastest electric bike, vrooming in at over 200 mph. Lightning Motorcycles set its newest speed ...
A team of BYU students recently modified an electric motorcycle into a hybrid model to increase its range by nearly 40 percent.
Engineering
May 25, 2011
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