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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

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As a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve wanted to sneak stories about two-wheeled transportation onto this website. Despite having seen them around for years, they were models I had long assumed would be marginally better than the atrocious three-wheeled motorcycles offered by Harley-Davidson.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

Green Car Congress

Off-road vehicles, motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles, low-speed vehicles, medium-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles and other non-conventional passenger vehicles are not desired and will be deemed nonresponsive to this announcement. AOI 1: Advanced Fuels and Lubricants Technologies.

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Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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Pinnacle has signed a licensing and joint development agreement with a major, as yet unnamed, Asian vehicle OEM, with lower power products targeted for two- and three-wheel applications in the developing country markets expected to be available in the first quarter of 2013. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Source: Pinnacle.

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Top 10 Most Weird And Wonderful Electric Vehicles

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First, let us look at how an IC (Internal combustion) engine-powered vehicle operates. Once the power is generated by burning the fuel in a very complex manner it is transferred to the axles through a power transmission system. An exhaust is also required along with efficient lubrication. They also stank.