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A company that builds marine products has entered the car bike rack business with a beautifully simple and seemingly highly-effective system which secures itself to the vehicle using vacuum cups rather than the usual hooks and straps. The racks start at around £100. SeaSucker uses vacuum cups to attach the rack to smooth surfaces using a...

This new design of poncho/tent hybrid may look eccentric, but it is aimed at the many walkers and cycle campers who need waterproof clothing and a tent, but have to keep to a minimum the weight and volume of equipment they carry. Hikers and cyclists already have a choice of tents that use a bicycle as their means of support, lightweight...

Clive Sinclair is best remembered for his ill-fated battery-powered trike, the C-5 – a vehicle which despite being derided as dangerous and under-powered sold 17,000 units. Undeterred, Sir Clive has unveiled the X-1, an electric recumbent bicycle fitted with an acrylic canopy. The bicycle will sell for £595 when it goes on sale in July...

The head of Honda Motor Co., Takanobu Ito, will later this month unveil a new electric concept car at the Los Angeles car show on November 17 – the first time a Honda chief executive will have unveiled a new model at the show and a sign that Japan’s second-largest car maker is warming to the idea of electric vehicles (EVs). In stark...

Scooter manufacturer Piaggio plans to launch a three-seater city car aimed at congested Asian and European cities. Chairman Roberto Colaninno said that the new NT3 car would not compete directly with the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano , but there are similarities in appearance and Piaggio are expected to sell the car for around £4,000....

A high court judge in America has ruled that a four-year-old cyclist can be sued over a bicycle accident she was involved in. Juliet Breitman is one of two children accused of colliding with 87-year-old Claire Menagh while riding their bicycles, which were fitted with stabilizers, on the pavement. According to the lawsuit, Menagh suffered a...

With continuing uncertainty over whether a new type of ‘mega truck’, which weighs more than a fully-laden airliner, will not be allowed on European streets a new film explains the risks of such vehicles. The European Transport Commissioner, Antonio Tajani last year rejected plans for the introduction of the longer, heavier vehicles...

There are over ninety mass cycle hire schemes currently in operation around the world, according to a new Wiki list of bicycle sharing systems The biggest of the schemes include the Velib in Paris with 17,000 bicycles, HZ Bike in Hanzhou, China with 10,000 bicycles and London’s own Boris Bikes with 5,000 bicycles. Over a million journeys...

A remote-controlled, six-wheeled, car-sized electric vehicle currently being built by NASA for a forthcoming mission to Mars challenges the perception that battery-powered vehicles suffer from low-specification, poor range and performance. As large as a Mini car, the latest Mars Rover has been named Curiosity; its mission is to explore and...

Juri Zaech bends bicycle frames to spell out the owner’s name, a concept he calls ‘Write a Bike’. The cycles are not yet available to buy as Juri has yet to build a fully-operational bike with brakes or pedals, but a bicycle that spells the owner’s sounds like a perfect way to thwart thieves. A spokesperson for cycle insurers...