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Electric micro-cars make a lot of sense for quietly and cleanly navigating packed inner-city environs. As do ebikes or velomobiles. A French startup has combined all three for the Karbikes pedal-assist quadricycle.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transp… Continue reading Car/ebike hybrid designed to keep you dry in a downpour
The pedal-electric, semi-enclosed, bicycle/car-hybrid thingies are now coming thick and fast. One of the latest to hit our radar is the Hopper, which has already been turning heads on streets around Germany.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, Tr… Continue reading Pedal-electric Hopper may be the German “car” you didn’t know you wanted
Pedal-powered “velocars” certainly are fun, eco-friendly, fitness-boosting and even practical, but they can also be rather tippy. Canadian builder Wally Swarchuk has addressed that shortcoming in his one-off Tilt4orce, which uses a clever tilting syste… Continue reading One-off Tilt4orce velocar leans into turns like nobody’s business
When it comes to electric vehicles, there’s definitely a gap between small, simple ebikes and larger, costlier electric cars. The new-and-improved Veemo velomobile is intended to firmly fill that niche – and I recently got to try it out for myself.Cont… Continue reading Hands-on: The Veemo pedal-electric velomobile gets put through its paces
Within just the past week, we’ve told you about the VM45, Quadvelo and Velocity electric-assist quadcycles. If you’d like something a little less pedal-car-like, however, you might want to check out the Indimob e-trike.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban T… Continue reading Indimob e-trike sports an optional carbon fiber body
While many folks are firmly in favor of forgoing a big gas-guzzling car, they still want something more capable and substantial than a plain ol’ ebike. The four-wheeled Quadvelo was designed to nicely fill that niche.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Tra… Continue reading Eye-catching Quadvelo is like the lovechild of a car and an ebike
Although cargo ebikes are often referred to as replacements for cars, they usually can’t match an automobile’s urban cruising speed, among other things. The VM45 four-wheeled velomobile comes very close however, with a top electric-assist speed of 45 k… Continue reading Pedal-electric VM45 velomobile lets riders cruise at almost 30 mph
Back in 2017 we told you about a prototype electric-assist velomobile known as the Iris eTrike. Its designer has now provided us with images of the planned production version of the vehicle … and it’s breathtaking.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transp… Continue reading Grant Sinclair releases pics and specs of production-version Iris eTrike
Many gearheads dream of owning a supercar, but their exorbitant prices make them unattainable for all but the most affluent. [Andrzej Burek] decided to make his dreams come true by …read more Continue reading SLS AMG Velomobile
What do you get when you throw all accepted bicycle designs out the window and start fresh? Well, it might look a bit like [Saukki’s] velomobile. Most bikes come in …read more Continue reading Velomobile Gets Electric Assist