Tag Archives: Electric Bike

Pedal Powered Farming

culticycle pedal powered tractor 1Imagine this has solar roof and an electric motor!!! Fun to take to the beach & Road!!!

The Culticycle is a pedal powered tractor that can cultivate, seed, spray, or pull gear for most low horsepower tasks. We talked about the first prototype almost two years ago. A new version has now been released, built around a modular tractor frame. Tim Cooke explains us how it’s built and how it works: 

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Hero MotorCorp Muscle Bike

OK now we are talking… finally Hero MotoCorp is developing an electric motorcycle powered by a conventional 48V lead acid battery that will debut at the February 4-7, 2016 Auto Expo which will be organised at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Hero Electric Concept

Hero Electric Concept

This bike could upset the plans of Ather Energy-Bike… depending who will hit the market first and if they are able to price the bike below Rs 70,000 or US$ 1,100!

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How do you charge your EV?  Its time to go Solar!

How we are charging our electric car?  This is a serious question.

Imagine if over a period of time all petrol cars owners get converted to Electric Car owners. Imagine the amount of load that would be put on the Existin Grid during charging of the electric cars. These modern cars would be charging from the old grid that existed 15 to 20 yrs ago, a grid that cannot expand anymore, one that cannot take any more load and such a grid could go offline intermittently and almost on the verge of collapsing completely.
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 The biggest question is what if the entire grid fails for a few days or months?… during periods of War or bad weather.

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E-Bikes in India – The Sensible Choice

Bikes are supposed to be Power Objects, Bikes are supposed to be Mean, Masculine, tyres bigger than biceps… Bikes are supposed to be ooze sexuality… they are supposed to attract the opposite sex. People own it to portray sexiness. Heck even girls ride power bikes for that macho feel…. kind of to do the forbidden.

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Pulsar – the best selling Petrol Bike in India… although it is expensive and has a poor mileage.

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