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Wind, Hills and Range Anxiety: A 50-Mile Handcycling Adventure

Baua Electric

Then, at last, we were winding through town as eight police officers on motorcycles leapfrogged ahead to guard the intersections. Handcycles allow riders to sit or lie on their backs, turn cranks with their hands and propel themselves with arm power instead of leg power.

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Three Wheels United partners Piaggio Vehicles to promote electric 3-wheelers in India

Electric Vehicles India

Three Wheels United partners Piaggio Vehicles to promote electric 3-wheelers in India. The Three Wheels United (TWU) a Bengaluru based tech-enabled financier of light electric vehicles has partnered with Piaggio Vehicles to accelerate the adoption of electric three-wheelers in India.

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

Green Car Congress

approximately 45% peak thermal efficiency for light duty and greater-than 50% peak thermal efficiency for heavy duty). AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. AOI 1: Advanced Fuels and Lubricants Technologies.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

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 $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

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These battery applications include idle-reduction systems for long-haul trucks, military applications, utility ancillary services and power quality, and consumer products. The electric drive manufacturing area is focused on production plants for components and subcomponents for the power electronics and electric machines (PEEM) used in EDVs.

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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

Green Car Congress

The results represent a light-load indicated efficiency improvement of 15-30% (up to 40.9%). Pinnacle Engines’ 110cc production-intent prototype packaged for a motorcycle application. There is no ISFC improvement at high load. The company presented these latest test results in a paper at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit.

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Top 11 : Best Electric Bike For Kids In India 2021 | Battery bike for 10 year old boy | Electric bike for 10-year old boy

Electric Vehicless

Electric bikes for kids in india price depends upon brand, features like horn, working front light, tell light, wheel light, LED light, Music system for sound effects, USB/SD card slot & looking. Electric bike for kids must have a side support wheel or three wheels. to 3yrs), Red.

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