Pedaling around town with a couple reusable bags full of organic produce or your ecofriendly sweetheart never looked as good as it does on Yuba’s Boda Boda Cargo Cruiser. This stylish bike bills itself as as lightweight, comfortable, and easy-to-ride bicycle capable of transporting cargo of various weight and length … [continued]
This is a fun mid-week story to keep your spirits up. Some folks at electric bicycle company Evelo recently completed what was possibly the first-ever coast-to-coast, self-supported journey on two electric bicycles. (Just to be clear, that would be coast-to-coast in the US, not England or Iceland or something.) The duo … [continued]
BMW certainly wasn’t first to get into electric cars and electric bikes, but it’s good to see the powerful company getting into them a bit now. Recently, BMW unveiled an updated version of its coming i3 electric car, as well as a new i Pedelec electric bicycle (both just concepts … [continued]
Jo Borras wrote about the Smart Bike back in August (yep, same company as the eScooter I posted about yesterday and the more well known Smart Car). The Smart Bike is an electric bike with what many think is a sweet and practical design, including, it seems, people in … [continued]
One of the advantages to driving an electric vehicle is all the torque — you get off the line super fast. Where that has typically started to go ever so slightly downhill for the average EV drag racer is in sustaining a quicker top speed than drivers in a conventional gas-powered vehicle for an entire quarter mile. This is no longer quite the case. […]
Saturday night, I was having a chat with a friend here in Poland about an electric bike he wants to buy. Of course, I thought that was cool, since I’m super into bikes (including electric bikes). But when he shared this video of the sweet electric bike with me … [continued]
Vectrix Japan, known for its electric scooters. Their flagship model is titled the Vectrix, and it works fairly well. Yet they’re improving it as of March 21st, with […]
Personally, while I think electric bikes are pretty cool, I would just go with a normal bike in most situations. But, in really hilly areas or if you’re going a long way, an electric bike might be a good option. Either way, whether electric or non-electric, bikes cost a ton … [continued]
Most drivers who wouldn’t touch a two-wheeled vehicle with a ten-foot pole (motorcycle, scooter, you name it) will tell you that they’re dangerous and uncomfortable; what’s to stop them from tipping over and it’s just cold and wet anyway and I will be in my nice warm quiet car, thank you. The proponent of said two-wheeled vehicle will then insist that their bike is super fuel efficient, accelerates (and brakes) quickly, is more maneuverable, takes up less space (yay, easy parking), and so on […]
At the Tokyo Motor Show, the innovative Japanese design firm, D-Art has introduced the all-electric three-wheeler called – “Style” – a sound method of urban transportation in congested areas.
