His Holiness The Pope could soon travel in a one-of-a-kind green ride, unlike any his predecessors have travelled in before. Commissioned by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) after previous pontiff, Pope Benedict, spoke about a green Pope-Mobil, this pedal-powered chariot for the Holy Father is bullet-proof and amour-plated. Currently under development, the contraption will be ready for delivery this summer.
Mercedes Benz recently announced its latest development that will hit the shores of the United States of America. The company will soon stock the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive and the car will show up on store shelves by early 2014. With a sweet range of around 115 miles, the German automaker assures this to be one of the greenest cars to have rolled out of its assembly lines.
Whoever said electric cars were slow is in for a shock. With a company name that fits its expertise, Epic EV recently unveiled the TORQ Roadster, a super-powerful electric car that puts most of its gas-guzzling peers to shame. Termed the fastest electric car ever created in the history of mankind, this one uses a tricycle-like design and sports only three wheels, two up front and one behind. The car is capable of touching the 60mph mark in just four seconds and requires no drop of acceleration on turns!
As fossil fuels are slowly though surely turning into a rarity and luxury of sorts, the world needs to leave its gas-guzzling vehicles at home and look for more feasible and energy-efficient ways to travel, like electric bicycles for example. Flight Bikes USA recently gave the electric bike market a little more to offer with these two swanky new developments. The first, called the Flight ECB-26L-A sports a RST Single-Shock A-Series fork. The second bike called the Flight ECB-26L-B on the other hand comes with an RST Omega double-shock fork.
Looking for the perfect way to protect your shiny new electric car from the harsh elements outside? Well, this development is bound to suit your taste! Called the V-Tent, this fantastically designed collapsible canopy envelopes an electric vehicle as it’s being charged. What sets it apart from a conventional car-cover is the fact that the V-Tent sports photovoltaic cells that soak in the sun’s energy, converting it all into electricity to power up you EV!
BMW, one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world, has jumped aboard the electric-bike bandwagon. The German auto manufacturer has unveiled the Cruise, a 250-watt electric motor-powered bicycle that can touch nearly 25km/h! the bicycle’s motor is an assist and has four different modes to choose from that include Eco Tour, Sport or Speed/Turbo.
Sweden seems to have taken the cause of going green seriously. Recently, the Swedish company Scania and German company Siemens have joined hands to develop electric-powered commercial vehicles that power up with a roof-mounted apparatus connected to wires. These will be similar to the Muni buses that do the rounds in San Francisco Bay Area and will be used by commercial trucks on Sweden’s highways.
There is no denying that present-day modes of transport are in for a greener and more eco-friendly transition. In the future, the way we travel will turn more environment-friendly and one of the concepts contributing to this change is the Rinspeed microMAX EV concept, a networked swarm car. An efficient, space-saving mode of urban transport, these network-based vehicles could very well be the taxi fleets of the future.
Mass transit systems around the world work as an eco-friendly way to travel, given the fact that these transportation modes encourage people to leave their personal vehicles at home, decreasing the use of fossil fuels and the levels of carbon emissions. Now, bus transit systems are all set to go green with Bombardier’s electric transit technology.
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