Transportation
Plastiki, Recycled Plastic Bottles Catamaran to Sail the World
The story of Thor Heyerdahl and his now-famous Kon-Toki expedition where he sailed 4300 miles across the Pacific in a pae-pae raft made from balsa wood, seems to inspire people. And David de Rothschild is one of them. He's planning to embark on a similar journey from California to Australia, but adds a modern twist to the whole deal. Using discarded ...
Movito Electric Scooter, Sleek transformer for future roads
For NASA' prestigious Create the future Design Contest, designer Tai Chiem came up with this Movito electric ccooter. Integrating clean and green technologies along with a stylish design, Movito feature sleek aerodynamics and an ability to transform itself from a scooter to a highly efficient pod-like urban vehicle. Powered by an all-electric engine with daft rechargeable batteries and a completely detachable ...
Factor001, a Pedal-powered Speedster
Bike commuting to work sounds like a great thing both for your health and the Earth's. But when you have one of these Factor001, it's like going on a date and driving a Ferrari. Known as the world’s most advanced bicycle, it's been built by the F1 engineering specialists from BERU f1systems as "a ground-breaking training tool combining innovative design ...
Rinspeed Introduces Solar iChange Vehicle, Shape-shifter
We love it when companies invest time and money to coming up with concepts that shape a better future. But what's more interesting, is that some of these concepts actually come to life. Swiss tuning designer and car manufacturer, Rinspeed, just announced that they've been working to build a solar powered vehicle dubbed iChange. The concept is actually a lightweight electric ...
Green Commuting: Organik Motion Bike
Green commuting is something rare in most big cities, as people find it hard to integrate their own personal bicycle ride with the local transportation system. Yet, commuting over short distances on an ultra-cool and ergonomically styled modern bike is something that has plenty of appeal. And that's what the Organik motion Bike is all about. Aimed at encouraging modern urban ...
Cool Ride: BugEV the DIY Electric Vehicle
Many people are looking these days for eco-friendly alternative for their daily commuting. With that in mind the good folks from Blue Sky Designs, came out with a DIY electric vehicle that you can afford. Dubbed BugEV, the kit for the three wheeled single-seater car/bike is made out of 72 pieces and reaches about 50mph with a maximum range of ...
College Students Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell-powered Motorcycle
It is no new fact that hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles are the future for automobile industry as they are both an economical and ecologically the smart option. With crude oil becoming an absolute premium with each passing day, fuel cells are becoming more of a reality. With that in mind, Alex Bell and Andres Pacheco - engineering students at Swarthmore College, ...
Green Concept Car: Green Apple by Julien Sarremejean
Automobile industry has taken plenty of slack over the decades about how it has been spewing tons of pollutants into the atmosphere causing air quality to gone down to deplorable levels. For that reason most of the manufacturers embraced the 'green way'. And designers started drawing so here's an amazing concept car, dubbed Green Apple. Designed by Julien Sarremejean and unveiled ...
Mitsui’s Car-Sharing Service will Use Electric Vehicles
Mitsui & Co. of Japan has a service called Car Sharing Japan Co. From this spring the service will introduce electric vehicles. What an idea! What better than sharing a car? How about sharing an electric car? Members share the use of vehicles. The service is called careco and will be launched this Thursday. There will be nine bases in and around ...
Solar Powered Moof Bike, How?
On display at the CES this year and designed by Amsterdam-based designer Ties Carlier, the Moof bike is both fascinating and intriguing as it seems to have put us in a bit of a spin. This very Spartan-styled bike has clean and clear straight lines, looks very robust and is stylish enough to be taken out on the street. Rather than ...
