‘Green Wheels’ News

Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid Buses Roll in Hamburg

Friday, November 20, 2009 4:48 By Jaiyant Cavale

Hamburg is one of the most important cities of Germany and has a huge population that depends on public transportation. On that note, the first ten Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid buses were launched on the streets. The fuel cell hybrid cell is virtually non-polluting and would keep this amazingly chic German city non polluted and clan. [...]

EarthSure announces AirRay: Sleek green car to run solely on solar and wind power!

Monday, November 9, 2009 17:19 By Neo

Unleashing the perfect green vehicle on to the roads is the dream of every automaker right now on the planet. There obviously is more reason than one for this very ‘green and clean’ outlook that automobile firms have taken up. Green in terms of the cash they make might also depend on eco-friendly features as [...]

Road Sleigh: `Feel’ Free Ride With Concept Electric Flexi-Car

Monday, October 26, 2009 15:22 By Radhika

It is an electric car, but looks so much like a sleigh you may actually imagine your road to be snow-laden. French Designer Thomas Boulanger has designed the three-wheeler car to help provide a safe and eco-friendly means to commute on cramped city roads.
Such stream-lined designs have been part of innovations in eco-technology among automobiles [...]

Tokyo Motor Show 2009: Alternative Fuel to Dominate Auto Industry

Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:21 By Jaiyant Cavale

The Tokyo Motor Show 2009 saw a number of new cars, both electric and conventional all vying against each other. What makes this year’s show different is that many companies are already talking about mass producing hydrogen powered cars.
Honda president Takanobu Ito revealed that hydrogen powered cars are still a farfetched dream but the future [...]

Shelf Sunshine Cover Solar Powers your Car AC, Tail light

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 13:09 By Radhika

It is called Shelf. And does not mean so literally. But it is a brainwave in favour of the environment. And a great design at that. Designed by Chinese designer Leon Zhu, it is a neat foldable sunshine cover that doubles as rear wing to improve the stability of the vehicle.
But its superb features do [...]

REVA To Launch Two New Electric Cars, REVA NXR And NXG

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 23:35 By Anna

 REVA Electric Car Company is best known for just that- the electric car which looks like a normal car that has survived being crushed from both ends. However, car which is titled G-Wiz in the UK has had a good response from the consumers even though it bummed in the crash test performance.
The India company [...]

Now a Wind Powered BMW on Cards!

Saturday, September 5, 2009 19:26 By Radhika

For the moment it is only a concept. On the anvil by designer Stefan Radev, the concept is a wind powered vehicle that will have three wheels and a sail. It is called BMW Blue Dynamics
Well, it aims to sail on roads, those with least traffic of course. The design is keeping in view the [...]

YikeBike- another one for the road!

Saturday, September 5, 2009 7:58 By Natasha Mullick

After 5 years of work, a Kiwi team, inventor Grant Ryan and engineer Peter Higgins, has designed a cycle with an electronic motor. Released at EUROBIKE on September 2, 2009, the “YikeBike” is a radical electric bicycle that weighs just 9.8 kilograms and can be packed into a bag.
It has a small but powerful 1.2 [...]

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Redefining Hybrids in True Style

Friday, September 4, 2009 11:11 By Ramya

All BMWs are without doubt surprise packages and to prove it time and again the company divulged its full-hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept car. Powered by a three-cylinder turbodiesel and two electric motors this small car for the premium class shows no compromise towards design or technology making it just perfect for the future.

Capable of [...]

Chinese DIY Amphibian Bicycle is Human Powered

Friday, August 14, 2009 18:10 By Jaiyant Cavale

If you were wondering how you could get hold of an amphibian bicycle, you should perhaps contact Li Jin from China. The Wuhan DIYer has just created a human powered bicycle which uses 8 water gallons that are closed on top. These water gallons behave as pontoons and thus prevent the rider from drowning.

Once on [...]


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