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Electric cars are often dismissed as novelty vehicles, but for most drivers, a spin in the BMW i3 will be a revelation. The BMW i-range represents only 1 per cent of the company's global sales at present, but the car maker predicts that EVs and hybrids will surpass internal combustion engine vehicle sales by 2040. If more drivers could get...

With only three weeks left before the end of British Summer Time and the official start of winter cycling, we have another set of lights to give away. The Brightside is a double-ended cycle light focused solely on protecting a cyclist's blind spot. Mounted to the top tube of the frame or handlebar stem, the powerful LED lights produce a...

National Liftshare Week is a time for celebrating and promoting the idea of car sharing to cut carbon emissions, reduce traffic congestion and increase social cohesion. Recently popularised by James Corden and a host of tuneful celebrities, car pooling, ride sharing or lift sharing is a simple concept: get people together who make the same...

How far would you go to protect your bicycle? Most of us make do with a good cycle insurance policy, but there are those who turn to guerrilla tactics to turn the tables on thieves. Pranksters in America equipped a bicycle seat with an airbag salvaged from a scrap car. Left unlocked against a tree in their local park, the bait was quickly...

Airbag cycle helmet technology has been found to be up to eight times more effective than current polystyrene designs following tests carried out by Stanford University. The airbag cycle helmet tests were carried out using a crash test dummy dropped from varying heights up to a maximum of two metres. Almost every current cycle helmets are...

Earlier this month we were lucky enough to experience the Tesla Model X - one of the most technologically advanced electric cars in the world today. Fresh off the boat and the first of its kind to arrive here from America, the Model x is like nothing else on the market today. Everything about the design, from it's distinctive double-hinged,...

After more than a century, Sainsbury’s is to resume a customer delivery service using cargo bikes. Sainsbury’s first delivered groceries using cargo bikes and tricycles in 1900, but the revived service has been updated and digitized for today's time-pressed shopper. Using the Chop Chop app, customers in London can request, pay for and track...

Are bicycle mudguards a relic of bygone days? They might add a little weight, and spoil the lines of a sleek road bike, but given how often it rains here, the reason why so few bikes sold in Britain come without them fitted as standard is a mystery. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The penalty for cycling without bicycle mudguards at this...

The ETA is the world’s fastest bicycle; a bullet-shaped design that this month scooped first place in the World Human-Powered Speed Challenge when it clocked 89.59 mph. The world's fastest bicycle is an embodiment of ingenuity, athleticism and determination. At 25 kg, the ETA is at least twice as heavy as the...

In the battle against car parking in cycle lanes comes a new deterrent; the Barnacle works like a giant windscreen-mounted limpet that completely obscures a driver’s view to render the vehicle undriveable until a penalty is paid. The Barnacle has been designed to an improvement over ticketing and wheel clamps, which its designers consider...