Articles tagged “Electric Bicycles”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

E-Bikes to the Rescue - A Six-Month Review By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Oct 6 2010 Pedal assist electric bicycles, going no faster than about 15 kilometers per hour, are in my mind a savior of city women everywhere (even if they don't know it yet). After six months of riding a Sanyo eneloop I think e-bikes are transportation's best kept secret. + READ MORE

Meet Kenyon Kluge, Electric Motorcycle Expert, Engineer and Racer By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 6 2010 As we all know and love about the sustainability movement, almost everyone can combine their passion with respect for the planet. Even when that passion is so far from being green. Case in point: Motorcycle racing. Speed demon Kenyon Kluge would attest. After graduating from ITT Technical Institute with an associate's degree in electronics, his long love affair with motorbikes took an earth-friendly twist. + READ MORE

Bike Commute Too Strenuous? Try the Moto-Hybrid Bike! By Laurel House IN Tech & Transport Jun 30 2009 Eco-friendly transportation (hybrids, electric cars, bikes even) is all the rage as "mpg" (that would be Miles Per Gallon) is becoming a catch-word in car commercials and everyone seems to be scrambling to go a little bit more green. If your old SUV is now a source of embarrassment thanks to its gas-guzzling, environment-polluting nature, we have the cure for you—bike riding. + READ MORE

Zip Around on a DIY Plug-In, Hybrid Trike--No Joke By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Jun 16 2009 With the risk of being mistaken for a Jetson, this 225 MPG Plug-In Hybrid Trike can get you to your destination of choice, as fast as 80 miles per hour using a combo of diesel-electric power. + READ MORE

Should We Be Making Fun of Segways? By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Apr 13 2009 We've all seen them—the occasional man decked out in business casual attire awkwardly careening by at 10 miles per hour and the police officer attempting to maintain an authoritative disposition as he teeters forward on the indisputably humorous-looking Segway. + READ MORE

Hardcourt Bike Polo: A Clean Sport You Can Support By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 28 2009 While a lot of sports have a serious environmental impact, some are eco-friendly examples to the rest. Sports involving the use of cars and snowmobiles, for instance, have obvious anti-green qualities (wasting tons of gasoline for no good reason!). + READ MORE

Bike for Patriotism with Chicago's Winter Bike to Work Day By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jan 16 2009 Do you love America? Then you?ll bike to work on January 20th. And if you?re in Chicago, you won?t be alone. On Tuesday the 20th?Election Day, mind you?Chicago?s Active Transportation Alliance is sponsoring its annual celebration of trading four wheels for two, and cutting out CO2 emissions in the process. + READ MORE

Is the New Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bike Right for You? By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2008 Yes, there are more electric bikes coming out this year than ever before, which means that you are going to get your pick of the litter, but it also means that the litter is going to get pretty confusing. You've got multiple designs, battery's, motors, features, and price tags. + READ MORE

How to Make Your Eco Friendly Electric Scooter Faster, Meaner By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Oct 2 2008 Just because we are conscious of the environment does not mean that we cannot have just as much fun with them as our gas counterparts. With motorized scooters the three most popular methods of boosting power is through altering the engine, air intake, or exhaust in order to sprinkle a little more pepper out of them. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Electric Bikes By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2008 Clean, quick-handling, quiet, and costing only pennies to own and maintain when compared to a car, electric bikes are the wave of the green future. But what does an electric bike consist of and how do they achieve all of these excellent qualities? + READ MORE

Safe Scooter Scooting, 3 Key Tips By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Sep 17 2008 he cold may be coming, but there are still some good scooter driving weeks ahead. In fact, this is one of the most beautiful times of the year to travel with the wind across your helmet, the warm sun on your brow, a cool breeze running under your chin, and yes, a few bug splats. To keep yourselves safe this fall while maximizing the usefulness of your scooter, we offer several suggestions. + READ MORE

The Jackal By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Jul 28 2008 Mean Green Machines introduced us to the Killacycle in Episode 4, which is considered the fastest electric motorcycle available anywhere in the world. But what about the fastest mass production electric bicycle? + READ MORE

Company Profile: IZIP By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 Ed already owns one kind of electric bicycle ... you know, the one that's bringing home the bread... but Rachelle decides to give him a different kind of charged-up bike for his birthday: an IZIP hybrid bicycle.In 1997 he started IZIP's parent company, Currie Technologies, believing that alternatives to gas power would... + READ MORE