Fourteen years ago we first heard about the Elf, a pedal/electric velomobile that could be charged via a rooftop solar panel.

Though perhaps an overused phrase these days, aiming to be “the world’s first” or “best” is a daunting and challenging task that can – and most often does – end in failure. Meet Snoek, the ...

What is aerodynamics? What is speed? What is efficiency? Honestly, we're about to find out, and the one machine to show us how it's done is a friggin velomobile from the minds and hands over at ...

this morning at 10 on the first leg of a cross-country trip. The velomobiles, sophisticated recumbent tricycles with colorful aerodynamic fairings, were heading south along North Vancouver Avenue ...

Along with 1950s/60s contemporaries like the Isetta, the three-wheeled Messerschmitt KR200 was one of the original microcars. The car continues to have a following half a century later, so much so ...

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it's the Week in Green.

Portland-based EcoSpeed gave a boost to velomobile riders making the trip from Portland to Washington, D.C. over a period of 30 days. Portland-based EcoSpeed gave a boost to velomobile riders making ...

Have you done this? Assuming that you're in a region where bicyclists are required by law to stop at stop signs (in several regions they are not), the results should be roughly equal according to the ...

Over the past year, [Dave] has been hard at work on his human powered vehicle. One year and six hundred hours of build time later, the Radius T-T Velomobile is complete. This 80 lb. vehicle features a ...

The 39-year-old, travels the six-mile journey from his home in Whitmore Reans, Staffordshire, in the wacky vehicle, which consists of an adapted tricycle wrapped in a plastic casing. Sitting only a ...

Just before takeoff, the velomobiles assembled in front of Salmon Street Fountain in downtown Portland. (Photos © J. Maus) Leave it to Portland to give a hero’s ...