We love cargo bikes, but they are expensive and can be tricky to store if you’re short on space so we set ourselves a challenge to boost a conventional bicycle’s carry capacity to 240 litres on a budget of £50 (and make sure it remained easy to store). For reference, the cheapest 20-litre pannier we could find online was £22.50.…
There are signs the death knell is tolling for the internal combustion with the announcement this week that France is to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040. The news will have come as little surprise to car makers, who have long been aware that time is running out for fossil fuels, but perhaps it took the VW emissions scandal…
Improved fuel efficiency could reduce HGV emissions by up to 32% according to a study undertaken by T&E. Using its European Union Transport Roadmap Model (EUTRM) tool, T&E has calculated the emissions reduction potential of fuel efficiency technologies for lorries. The environmental lobbying organisation analysed off-the-shelf strategies such as improving fuel efficiency in diesel lorries or moving more freight into railways.…
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” So said H. G.Wells, but who knows what he would have made of the Smog Free Bicycle. No stranger to a dystopian view of humankind, Wells may well have had his optimism dashed. Daan Roosegaarde is the talented engineer behind the…
Timbercraft Tiny Homes do exactly what they say on the tin and their sales pitch for caravan living is seductive: Imagine what you could do if you had no mortgage to pay and very low utility bills. If you only had to work half as much as you do now to pay for your dwelling, how would you spend your…
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