The fire department that dealt with the aftermath says it took approximately 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze Electric vehicles are all the rage but they come with a few drawbacks not typically seen on internal combustion vehicles. One electric bicycle owner now has personal experience with one of those problems, thermal runaway. The local […]
High Flying BMX: Red Bull F1 Helps Create World’s First Floating Skate Park
Figuring out a way to get a skate park to float more than 2,000 ft (610 meters) up in the air is quite difficult, it turns out. So when Scottish BMX rider Kriss Kyle sought to do just that, he turned to the experts at the Red Bull F1 team. The goal was to create […]
Mitt Romney Calls Building Bike Lanes ‘The Height of Stupidity’
E-bikes are a solid choice for personal mobility, particularly in cities where traveling by car is frustratingly slow. They’re also expensive. Naturally, some Democrats in Congress recently proposed an e-bike subsidy that would slash 30 percent, up to $1,500, off the cost of any e-bike for taxpayers making less than $150,000 per year. Unfortunately, we’re […]
Americans Are Finally Getting on Board with E-Bikes
Photo: deepblue4you (Getty Images) The world we know and love is dying, but we’re working on fixing that. Humanity is pushing inexorably towards electrified vehicles, trying to get those hydrocarbons and greenhouse gases from combustion engines out of our atmosphere. But are we doing the right thing? Are EVs the only way to preserve our […]