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October 19, 2011
A folding electric bicycle that was designed to work in tandem with a new generation of Routemaster bus may yet give big brands like Dahon and Brompton a run for their money. The competition to re-design the Routemaster may have closed, but Gabriel Wartofsky’s e-bike can be used in tandem with any type of bus. The idea enables...
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October 13, 2011
The industrial designer, artist and architect, Ron Arad has re-interpreted the bicycle wheel in his medium of choice, steel. The wheels are made from ribbons of stainless steel that have been looped and stapled together in an elegant flower petal design. The bike is on show at W Hotel in Leicester Square, until 29th of October when...
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October 13, 2011
The Modus is an open-frame bicycle designed to receive a variety of clipped-in, purpose-built accessories including ‘a sleek briefcase for your everyday commute, a boom box for tunes while you ride, a lock or a battery pack to drive the bike in electric mode’. The design is a product of Quirky, a social site dedicated to developing...
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October 12, 2011
Richard Branson has backed a new process devised by a British biochemist that ferments the carbon monoxide from steel mills to produce low-carbon jet fuel. The smoke stacks at steel and aluminium mills and coal-powered power stations produce millions of tons of carbon monoxide, which the new process passes through a mixture of water and a...
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October 11, 2011
When car radios first went on sale 80 years ago they cost the equivalent of £1000, but such was their success at distracting from the incessant noise of a long motorway journey or tiresome passenger that they soon became a standard item. But while many cyclists now use an iPod, if you want the cycling equivalent of a car stereo your choice...
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October 11, 2011
The average new car sold in Europe last year was 4% more fuel efficient, emitted 4% less CO2 and was 2.5% cheaper in real terms than 12 months earlier. A report by the Brussels-based lobby group, T&E, reveals that CO2 emissions from the average new car sold in Europe last year dropped to 140g CO2/km. T&E argues that like-for-like retail...
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October 7, 2011
A see-through and flexible solar panel unveiled this week by 3M could allow motorists to generate power by applying it to their car windscreens and windows. Although the solar film generates only one fifth of the electricity produced by a conventional silicon solar panel, when applied to the windows of a family car it will produce enough...
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October 7, 2011
RAW Bamboo Bikes have launched their first British-built bamboo mountain bike. Designed by Oxford Brookes University, the frame is assembled using natural materials wherever possible, including flax fibre composite lugs. Bamboo has a higher tensile strength than steel and its flexibility offers a vibration-absorbent quality particularly...
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October 6, 2011
The much anticipated electric motor-assisted eBrompton, which has been in development for over five years and is due to go into production ion 2013, is a major undertaking for a company so fiercely protective of its brand. The electric bike market is growing and accounted for over 30 million sales last year, but Brompton has become an...
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October 6, 2011
Not content with running the world’s largest bicycle sharing scheme of its kind in the world, Paris has begun trials of an ambitious electric car club. The Autolib trial comprises a fleet of 66 Bolloré-built Bluecar four-seater electric vehicles spread across the city at 33 depots from which they can be collected, parked and charged. The...
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