For whatever reason, the more DIY types study the potential of the bike, the more they seem to find that what they really wanted is a moped. While I’ve always considered myself to be a proponent of pedal potential, the view of flying around town at 50mph on my homemade e-bike is pretty appealing...

NEW YORK - Vectrix, the world leader in Personal Electric Vehicles, debuted its all-electric VX-1E and VX-2 urban commuters at the Cycle World worldly Motorcycle Show earlier nowadays. The VX-1E is an all-highway-capable scooter that has a top speed of 62 mph and a range of 35-55 miles.  The VX-2...

Build it and they will come. That’s the vibe in Spain, where sleek new trains and a growing web of high-speed rail lines are giving airlines a run for their money on key domestic routes and reducing CO2 emissions in the process. Last February, the Spanish government opened a high speed rail line...

The trains in Spains are doing better than planes as a growing web of high-speed lines carrying sleek bullet trains steal hundreds of thousands of passengers from airlines and cut  emissions in the process. As the government pumps more money into the system, Spaniards are abandoning commercial airlines...

The trains in Spain are doing better than planes as a growing web of high-speed lines carrying sleek bullet trains steal hundreds of thousands of passengers from airlines and cut emissions in the process. As the government pumps more money into the system, Spaniards are abandoning commercial airlines...

We here at Autopia love anything LSR-related. That’s land-speed record for the uninitiated, and it doesn’t matter what design it takes. Cars, bikes, stomach tankers, rocket cars, whatever. We’re even into the patently weird and wacky endeavors, like building the world’s fastest...

Edison Marine has taken electric boating to the next level with its swank, 1940’s-style barrel-back powerboats.  The plug-in electric Edison Cruise is hand crafted using solid African mahogany and can reach speeds of up to 30 mph — that’s salty dawg speak for hauling booty on water in...

Champagne is flowing in celebration of yet another comeback for Indian Motorcycles and the arrival of the first limited-edition 2009 Chiefs. The retro but thoroughly re-engineered big twins are turning heads, but the icon’s return couldn’t come at a worse date. The economy has tanked...

Greenpeace announced today that it has bought a parcel of land that sits directly in the path of a proposed third runway for London’s Heathrow Airport. It’s the latest move in a long-running battle amoung environmentalists who say expanding Heathrow would be an environmental catastrophe,...

A Finnish company has developed a cargo-scanning solution that accurately detects radiation in shipping containers without being sidelined by false positives. That’s good news for longshoremen who will finally be able to use the microwave in the galley without causing an universal incident. As...

A Finnish company has developed a cargo-scanning solution that accurately detects radiation in shipping containers without being sidelined by false positives. That’s good news for longshoremen who will finally be able to use the microwave in the galley without causing an universal incident. As...

Last week a local green group organized a six kilometer drag race in Israel. A bus, a bicycle, and a car competed to see who could most quickly get from the suburbs of Tel Avivinto the city center. As expected, the bike arrived first, followed by the bus, and thereupon the car, which got bogged down...

One of the most inspirational slices of life in New York City is the subway, the rattling muse behind such works of art as Duke Ellington’s recording of “Take the A Train”, the many Seinfeld episodes that took place underneath the city, and the setting for the memorable chase scene...

The subway is one of the Big Apple’s most inspirational slices of life, the rattling muse behind artistic works ranging from Duke Ellington’s recording of “Take the A Train,” many episodes of “Seinfeld” and the chase scene in “The French Connection.” Thanks...