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admin on Jul 31st, 2009To give peddling a boost, electric bicycles roll into city at Frazier shop

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If you’ve ever tried to peddle a bike up one of the many hills in and around Chattanooga, Garnet Caldwell may have the answer.
It’s called an electric bike, and Mr. Caldwell will sell them at his new store, Chattanooga Hybrids. The Frazier Avenue store opens next [...]

admin on Jul 22nd, 2009Cruising around town with electric assist

I’m in a bikey kind of mood today, probably because the delivery man just dropped off the electric assist bike that I blogged about a couple of weeks ago. The Izip Trekking Enlightened comes with a battery powered motor that adds a little oomph to your peddle power. The batteries and motor are hidden away [...]

admin on Jul 6th, 2009Best Buy takes electric vehicles for a spin

Customers who walk into some California Best Buy stores for a cellphone might walk out with an electric vehicle. At least that’s the thinking behind a test being conducted by the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer.
In May, the Richfield, Minn., company quietly began selling electric bicycles, scooters and Segways at 21 of its West Coast [...]

admin on Jul 2nd, 2009Electric bicycles, scooters and motorcycles at Best Buy.. oh my

In the U.S. electric bicycles, scooters and motorcycles have been the in the realm of fanatic aficionado’s for a long time. They’ve been available either by building your own or purchase through one of the few dealers. However they won’t make much effect on greening transportation until they’re widely available and are being [...]

admin on Jun 19th, 2009Green Machines – Should you trade your car for an electric bicycle?

Most of us are quite fond of our automobile with good reason and their advantages over bicycles are obvious. Still if you fit a couple of simple criteria, an electric bicycle might be just what you need to make ends more readily meet in these challenging economic times.
If you work downtown, pay to park and [...]

admin on Jun 15th, 2009On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming

Of all the things that have changed in China over the past 30 years, transportation has undergone one of the most obvious of transformations. Where city streets once swarmed with bicycles, they are now full of automobiles. Cars clog intersection and expressways. Their exhaust clouds the sky and the air is full of the sound [...]

admin on Jun 4th, 2009Electric bike sales rise with ecology concerns, gas prices By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Recent reports say the cost of a barrel of oil has risen to over $60 US and signs of a global economy rebound, particularly in Asia, have many commodity experts predicting the price will continue to rise.
In other words, prepare for another round of skyrocketing gasoline prices.
Recent events have seen our economic base gradually switch [...]

admin on May 20th, 2009Bike to work and get a perk

MTA events will encourage commuters to get out of their cars next week.
If you’re looking for a way to reduce traffic congestion on the roads, shrink your carbon footprint and get some exercise, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a suggestion: Take part in Bike to Work Day next week.
Los Angeles County’s flagship public transit agency, [...]

admin on Oct 2nd, 2008Council officers get electric bike to boost green credentials

Published Date:
02 October 2008
By Ed O’Mara
AN ELECTRIC bike is giving council staff in Peterborough the chance to travel to meetings the environmentally friendly way – without getting hot under the collar.
As part of an effort to boost its green credentials, Peterborough City Council has laid on the battery-powered cycle to [...]

admin on Sep 30th, 2008Go Electric in Mother Earth News Magazine

This is an example of how simple an electric vehicle (EV) solution can be: Bonnie, my 63-year-old neighbor, hates buying gasonline.
On her own,withour any piror knowledge of electric vechichles, Bonnie went shopping for a small electric scooter with the intentiohn of riding it for her one-mile commute to work. The saleman, hearing what she intended [...]