Stealth Electric Bikes are the latest extreme sport craze to come out of Australia and are set to go global. The silent mountain bikes that have the power of a small motorbike are well on their way to becoming the next big thing in Europe in 2011.
Starting out life in the dusty back yard of an Australian engineer, Stealth Electric Bikes was born back in 2005 and since then the company has built an almost cult following with electric bike fans, mountain bikers and some people even swapping their dirt bikes for the 80km per hour slick machines.
Apparently the bikes are becoming popular so fast because  … Details
The team at Racing Green Endurance have pulled it off, driving 16,000 miles (26,000km) from the tip of Alaska down to the bottom of South America, all whilst driving an electric sports car more at home on the racing-track than the dirt-track. Making their trip all the more impressive.
The Racing Green Endurance team have now become the first in the world to drive the entire length of the Pan-American Highway in an electric car, a hell of an achievement especially considering  … Details
The world’s largest solar-powered boat – TÛRANOR PlanetSolar – departed from Monaco on September 27 in an attempt to become the first boat to circumnavigate the globe using only solar energy. Aside from getting another world record under the boat’s belt, the aim of the expedition is to demonstrate that, through the use of existing materials and technology, high-performance solar mobility can be realized today.
The multihull vessel is covered in  … Details & Pictures
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The Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt could turn out to be the most innovative mass-produced cars in a century. By taking some or all of their power from a household electrical outlet, they offer the first real glimpse of transportation that doesn’t rely on petroleum—and could even crest the magical 100-miles-per-gallon threshold, once the official electricity-to-gasoline conversions are complete. Even better, the two electrics offer something new without the ugly packaging that has doomed futuremobiles in the past. They’re cute, actually.
The Leaf is a perky five-passenger hatchback with sporty handling that can go about 100 miles on an eight-hour charge. The Volt, a bit edgier, is a four-passenger hatch that can go about  … Details