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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you take a recumbent tricycle and enclose it in an aerodynamic fuselage, what you end up with is known as a velomobile. The vehicles are significantly faster than bicycles on the flats and ...

Velomobiles are recumbent tricycles with sleek, colorful outer shells called fairings, that can rocket down a roadway with amazing speed and efficiency. And for the next month 25 riders from Europe, ...

It’s not a bike. It’s not a trike. It’s a velomobile. A group of 36 cyclists from Europe and the U.S. cruised through WinonaSunday afternoon on human-powered vehicles called velomobiles as part of a ...

In the past five years, at least three makers of velomobiles have declared bankruptcy, dampening their dreams of revolutionizing sustainable transport with the bicycle-car hybrid. But Ali Kazemkhani, ...

The latter option doesn't appeal to the designers, as they believe that four wheels greatly increase stability, and make the vehicle more practical. Some of the Podbike's features are illustrated in ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...