By Emma Fitzpatrick on 8 October 2013, Via RenewEconomy.com.au An Australian solar producer is changing the way tuk tuk’s are powered. Australian owned, Star 8 Solar, has developed a new tuk tuk, SolarTuk, […]
By Justin Harper, 23 Oct 2012, Via telegraph.co.uk British husband-and-wife team hope their bamboo tricycle will ease traffic problems in China’s car-clogged cities. A British expat couple in Shanghai are hoping to […]
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | By Jonathan Robson (Guest Author) In times like these, there’s no disputing the importance of an eco-friendly lifestyle. We all have the power to make at […]
While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the Indian […]
Wellington, 9 December 2011 – Something old, something new, something quirky – just for you! What do preserves, amigurumi, cheese making, quilting and rubber stamps have in common? They all […]
The story. The “Slow Food” gastronomic movement was founded in Italy in 1989, as an alternative to the fast food sector. It is a non-profit, member-supported association. Its founder, Carlo Petrini, positioned Slow […]
Carrying on a six-year tradition of student-initiated design/build projects for grassroots, community-based groups, a team of UO architecture students from the organization designBridge is preparing for the ribbon-cutting celebration of dB’s […]
Use of fossil fuel in automobiles has adverse impact on environment. Electric vehicles ease the growing pressure on dwindling non-renewable fossil fuel reserves. The researchers at IIT-Kanpur are developing athree-wheeler which […]
By: Nelson Harvey I am a 25-year-old college graduate with a degree from a fairly prestigious eastern university, and I pull weeds for a living. At first blush, you […]
A partnership between the Aquino government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has established a national strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of road transport in the Philippines. The National […]
Yakov Buta reports: Egor is the first driver of a bike taxi in Belarus. He has been driving Minskers along parks for two weeks. (Egor Ivashkov, tricycle’s driver: “We have […]
Guns drawn, a SWAT team kicks in the door of a private business. Are the cops there for drug dealers? Mafia mobsters? Terrorists? No, the long arm of the law […]
There’s a better way to roam out there, and Gregory Allen aims to find it. You know Gregory Allen — maybe not by name but any Boise State student can […]
Here is an overview of adventurers, institutions and engineers from around the world who have designed eco-friendly vehicles to spread the awareness about climate change and saving the earth from […]
The auto rickshaw is a common sight on Indian roads. Well known as one of the best modes of public transport, the auto rickshaw has now become one of the […]
The land of the dreams – Mumbai has always captured the imagination of people all across the globe. Every Mumbaikar will admit to the fact there is absolutely no place […]
Snow covered roads might just be phenomena of the past, with technology like the solar powered Smart roads, a solution by Scott Brusaw, a 53-year-old electrical engineer from Sagle, Idaho. […]
Japanese manufacturer Yodogawa Group has pulled the veil of an eco-friendly rickshaw. The vehicle, name the Meguru uses three wheels, like every other rickshaw, though with a green heart pumping […]
We’ve seen and heard of cars, aircrafts and boats powered by solar power and electricity before. The last time we heard of a mode of transport being powered by wind, […]
Here’s a rickshaw with a twist, which has recently shown up in New Delhi. Known as Soleckshaw, this delivery rickshaw shuns the use of gasoline, and opts for solar power […]
You’ve probably come across a tuk-tuk or a rickshaw on a visit to East Asian countries. A while ago, we stumbled upon solar powered rickshaws in India and a wind-powered […]
A while ago, we came across an air-powered bike built by engineering students in India. This time, engineering students from Palwal City in the Northern state of Haryana have designed […]
The 2011 Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music and Film Festival Tour, a grassroots event on sustainable mobility showcased through music and film, is set to launch in May. The tour will travel […]
Remember those giant bird-like pre-historic birds in the Jurassic Park series? This vehicle pretty much reminded us of the head of one of those! And then we came across its […]
Everything old is new again for one Japanese manufacturer, which has unveiled an electronic version of a rickshaw. The “Meguru” is a three-wheeled, three-seat compact vehicle whose single lithium-ion battery […]
Tricycle drivers in Mandaluyong City are looking forward to getting their hands on the electric tricycles. The city government and the Department of Energy (DoE) has turned over 20 of […]
Iran has a new reason to hold its head up in pride and look up to the sun and smile, a highly energy-efficient solar powered vehicle, the third of its […]
Seems like the world is just so keen on alternative energy, that everyone’s now taking the human body too to be a power house of sorts! Piezoelectricity is quickly catching on […]
(Reuters Life !) – The Philippines launched a test of 20 electric tricycles in metro Manila on Wednesday under an Asian Development Bank programme it hopes will cut air pollution […]
We recently reported on the unfortunate demise of the Bajaj 3-wheeler from the American market due to slow sales. Happily, a new brand of funky 3-wheelers is set to make […]
Solar power generating parking lots have been around for quite a while now. We’ve seen the one planned for the Industry Metrolink Station in California and the Canopy Parking Lot […]
Bananas have never been known to power cars before. In fact, bananas have never really had anything to do with cars before. Brazilian scientists however, have revealed that fibers from […]
Artificial man-made islands are a common site today, artificial islands made out of garbage aren’t! Designer and architect, Ramon Knoester hailing from Holland thought of a novel way to use […]
