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The Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has co-founded a racing team that will enter the Formula E Championships - a new race series for electric cars. DiCaprio has long been an owner and vocal fan of both the Toyota Prius hybrid and Tesla Roadster, the world’s first high-performance production electric sports car and a vehicle he described...

A shortage of space and a paucity of good-quality cycling facilities are problems that face many large cities, but rarely can they be solved by a single piece of design. Swiss architectural practice Bureau A has transformed a tricycle into a mobile seven-floor building that it has little need for the refuge from traffic offered by...

Cycling in traffic can leave you feeling like you need eyes in the back of your head, but stuntman Eskil Ronningsbakken makes a habit of facing backwards when he rides his bicycle - even when careering down a mountain. The Trollstigen is a narrow and treacherous winding road in Norway punctuated by hairpin turns and steep drops....

There are many cycling-related apps, but very few ways of recharging smartphones and tablets while on the move. The £100 Cycle Charger from Convergence Tech looks like a conventional bicycle dynamo, but has been designed to charge any mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, GPS or other similar device. Cycle Charger specifications: • Female...

Every good bike ride is punctuated with a stop for coffee and cake, but what to do with your pride and joy while you take a well-earned rest? The rarity of kickstands available for road bikes, and the fact that carbon frames do not take kindly to being knocked against walls, has prompted an American designer to come up with a solution. The...

With the exception of takeaway restaurants, few businesses in Britain recognise scooters as a quick and cheap way to make urban deliveries. However, if electric vehicle pioneer Lit Motors has its way, all that could be about to change. The Kubo is an electric cargo scooter that claims to combine ‘the beautiful design of a Vespa with the...

Turning the ignition key first thing on a damp and freezing December morning was once a gamble, with no guarantee that the car would stir itself into life, but no more; the modern car is more than capable of dealing with a British winter and a few simple precautions can help avoid an unnecessary breakdown. Antifreeze During the winter you...

The Vintage Electric E-Tracker marries 100-year-old styling with modern battery technology to create an exciting electric bicycle/moped hybrid. The £2,700 bike offers a tantalizing glimpse of what commuters could be riding to work if legislation recognised, and promoted, electric vehicles other than cars. Evoking the elegant lines of the...

The ECLAIREUR is a stylish, double-breasted and illuminated jacket aimed squarely at the smart urban cyclist. The jacket is waterproof and breathable, featuring back and side vents, a removable reflective arm band that stores in discreet pouch within the sleeve, and...

The rapid rise of air travel in Europe that is cheap and easy to book has seen rail operators miss a trick – a fact not lost on British start-up Loco2.com, an online travel agent focussed exclusively on rail and dedicated to making rail travel in Europe as easy as booking a flight. The Loco2.com website makes it possible for the first time...