Clean Transport News: Exterior Airbags On Cars, 1st Rimac Electric Supercar Delivered, Fisker Heads To China For Investors,…

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Love clean transportation? Can never be too informed? I know how you feel. If our own clean transport stories weren’t enough for your reading appetite, you may also want to check out some of the following pieces:

Bikes

• Are Exterior Airbags the Future of Bike/Ped Safety?
• How an Honorable Elbow Led to One City’s Bicycle Revolution
• Seattle “Bikelash” Largely Invented, Poll Finds
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy and Bicycling: How Do We Build a Coalition for Bike Justice?

• China’s EV Market Slows, Smaller EV Makers Seek New Investors
• EZ-EV Open Source Trike Kit Seeks Funding
• Fisker Seeking Chinese Savior By Next Month

• Video: Tesla Model S Beats Viper At Drag Strip, Sets EV Racing Record
• Virginia’s Governor Proposes Anti-EV Legislation
• Ford Focus Electric Cost Cut, But Still Not Competitive
• Electric Rolls-Royce With Wireless Charging Is A Car We Want But Will Never Get
• TU Eindhoven Starting E-Bike and E-Scooter Trial
• Wheego Electric Cars Adds Chicago Dealership
• Rimac Automobili Delivers 1st Electric Supercar, Can’t Let Us See It
• A123 Sale to Wanxiang Group Approved by US Government
• Mitsubishi Recalling 14,700 i-MiEV, iON, C-Zero Electric Vehicles
• Xkuty One Is A Low-Cost EV Scooter For The Masses
• Maruti Suzuki May Make India’s 1st Light-Duty Hybrid
• EPA: New Ford Fusion Energi Delivers 620-Mile Range, 21 in EV Mode; Beats Honda Accord, Toyota Prius PHEVs
• The Hyper-Efficient TWIKE Human-Electric Hybrid Vehicle
• California Coda Dealer Drops All-Electric Sedan Price to $25,000
• Zero Motorcycles Gives $2,500 Extra for Gas-Powered Trade-ins
• New Hybrid Car Scores First Place on Greenest Vehicle List

• Parking Industry Joins with U.S. Department of Energy to Support Obama Administration Initiative to Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the Workplace
• EDTA Takes U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge
• Squeaky Wheels, Rejoice: How 2013 Nissan Leaf Was Changed with EV Driver Suggestions
• ECOtality Unveils Minit Charger for Less-Patient EV Fleet Operators
• Smart ED Could Be 1st with Battery Lease in US; Electric Scooter, Bike Under Discussion, Too
• These Kits Turn Your Prius into an Emergency Generator
• Germany Could Have a Million Plug-in Vehicles by 2020
• Toyota Recycling Old Hybrid Batteries into Energy-Storage Systems for Dealers
• Ford’s January Hybrid Sales Quadruple from 2012, Younger Buyers Show Interest
• Turn On, Plug In, Drop Out: An Electric Car Manifesto

• Beijing to Slap Tougher Emission Standards on Vehicles: Xinhua
• Airlines ‘Made Billions in Windfall Profits’ from EU Carbon Tax
• Confronted With Congestion Pricing, People Clamor for Transit, Gas Tax
• Humble ‘Virtual Chimney’ Fences Could Reduce Impact of Airport Pollution
• 6 Easy Ways to Make a City More Livable
• Chevy’s IdleAir Program Helps Truckers Cut Emissions (Video)
• DOE Seeking Comment on Draft $50M Solicitation for New Projects over 11 Areas of Interest to Improve Vehicle Performance and Decrease Fuel Consumption