The Firefly bicycle light uses a passive Infrared sensor to detect vehicles approaching from behind – the closer they get the brighter it shines. Its other clever trick is that it uses a set of white LEDs to illuminate the rider’s back and the road beneath the bike.
The 200 fuel cell black cabs due to hit London’s streets in time for the Olympics will have additional locations from which to refuel following the decision by Air Products to launch five hydrogen filling stations in 2012.
It’s not as small as a Brompton, as light as a Dahon or as finely engineered as a Moulton but a new design by Makoto Asawa promises to be the fastest-collapsing bicycle on the market with a folding time of two seconds.
In reaction to the withdrawal of government biofuel subsidies, Morrisons is to stop selling B30, a diesel comprising 30 per cent biofuel, at 144 of its filling stations.
Ducati has built its reputation on producing thoroughbred twin-cylinder sports motorcycles, but the latest two-wheeler in the Italian company’s range is an electric bicycle with a top speed of 15mph.