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Google Street View Employs High-Tech Tricycles for Hard-to-Reach Places
2:35PM Dan Nosowitz | Reader Jason Whitney spotted a Google-branded, camera-equipped tricycle in his local San Diego, CA bike shop. But it’s packing a generator and about eight cameras—what kind of muscle-bound man-monster can pedal this thing? More »
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Awkward Piaggio Tricycle Could Be First Mass-Produced Plug-in Hybrid
10:45PM John Herrman | You know that plug-in hybrid revolution everyone keeps talking about? Well, apparently this is what it is going to look like. If Piaggio keeps its word, the first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle will be an updated version of its MP3 scooter, identical to its older brother in nearly every way except for its powertrain. The company claims that the paired engine and motor will let this backwards trike cover over 225km on a gallon of gas, and launch it to 100kph in an amazing five seconds. More »
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Titanium Tricycle Ensures Trust Fund Babies Break The Bank, Not Their Bike
7:00AM Jack Loftus | This $US2,500 tricycle is pretty straightforward. Made of titanium, the hook is the trike is nigh indestructible, meaning rich little snots can pedal around the driveway without fear of bending the frame or snapping it in two. Racing to the mailbox for the latest Hammacher Schlemmer catalog has never been safer. A carbon (fibre?!) seat, white leather saddle and white rims complete the look. Just be wary of that silver spoon in your kids’ mouth as jockey for position at playtime. Hello? Choking hazard, anyone? [Jan via FirstBike] More »
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Tricycles Are Just Bicycles from the Future
1:15AM Mark Wilson | While the tricycle/Big Wheel are both throwbacks to our past, one designer believes that three wheels are the future. Felipe Tolomei designed this three-wheeled Rabbit bike with a clever idea–put two small electric motors on each back tire. Now if we would only widen each of those motorised wheels to dragster dimensions and stick in a carbon-spewing dual exhaust, I think we’d have ourselves a serious concept. [coroflot via gearfuse] More »
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