Green Transportation
The latest and greatest on the many ways to move around, from electric cars and hybrid vehicles to commuter and electric bikes.
Build a Bicycle Cargo Trailer
By Doug Costlow
Build a bicycle cargo trailer and haul almost anything—furniture, boxes, even a barbecue grill—using pedal power.
Recumbent Bicycle: A DIY, Low-Cost Project
By Jeff Setaro
Here's how to recycle the frame and parts from older bikes to make a recumbent bicycle that's far cheaper than, and just as successful as, commercial models. Originally published as "The $18 Recumbent Bicycle" in the February/March 1999 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS.
New Electric Bicycle: 40-mile Range, Reasonable Price Tag
By Sean Rosner
The stylish new Sanyo eneloop bike features a partially-self-charging electric motor and can travel up to 40 miles on a single charge.
Cities Move Toward Renewable Power for Transit
By Amanda Sorell
Updates on U.S. cities’ conversion from petroleum power to green options for municipal transit, butterfly garden certification programs, and more.
Compare Lifetime Cost Savings When Considering an Electric Vehicle
By Kyle Baker, Green Coast
With their lower maintenance costs and enhanced performance, electric vehicles have the potential to revolutionize our everyday commute and fuel consumption habits.
Electric Airplanes and the Decarbonization of Flight
By Liam Kivirist, JDI Enterprises
Learn how the electric airplanes arose out of breakthroughs in battery storage, innovation in aircraft design, and growing awareness of climate change.
Electrified Flight Takes Off with Opener’s BlackFly at EAA AirVenture
By Liam Kivirist, JDI Enterprises
As more people live in the city and more time is spent commuting in increasingly congested urban areas, technology is rapidly changing to allow for both electric-vertical-take-off-and-landing (known as eVTOL) and personal-aerial-vehicles (PAVs), fostering breakthroughs in urban aerial mobility (UAM). History was made in October, 2011, with the first flight of the BlackFly, a fixed-wing, all-electric VTOL ultralight aircraft piloted by a human passenger.
Sustainable Transportation and Mobility with Electric Vehicles, Present and Future
By John D. Ivanko, Inn Serendipity
The transformation from the automotive industry to mobility business continues to be showcased at the Consumer Electronic Show, or CES, with innovative all-electric passenger cars, an electric motorcycle, driverless ride-sharing and a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing flying taxi.
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