{"id":114380,"date":"2009-12-30T05:55:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T10:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-rides-solar-powered-folding-trike-gears-for-a-green-ride-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2009-12-30T05:55:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T10:55:04","slug":"eco-rides-solar-powered-folding-trike-gears-for-a-green-ride-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/114380","title":{"rendered":"Eco Rides: Solar-powered folding trike gears for a green ride tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/30\/urban-commuter-trike_1_soPq4_69.jpg\" alt=\"urban commuter trike_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Zero-emission trike harvests solar power.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Tim Tobola, the Urban Commuter Trike aims to solve the mains issues in transportation today, which include the over-dependence on polluting fossil-fuel-powered cars. The easiest way to reduce the carbon footprint of individuals is to reduce this dependence and increase the use of renewable energy powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/30\/urban-commuter-trike_2_vhFqS_69.jpg\" alt=\"urban commuter trike_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Urban Commuter Trike is a concept vehicle that features solar panels that can recharge the onboard batteries in just 2 hours, providing up to 20-30 miles of ride time. When the battery supply runs out, the user can use the conventional pedal mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/30\/urban-commuter-trike_3_OCBSF_69.jpg\" alt=\"urban commuter trike_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Urban Commuter Trike can easily be folded and locked to make the solar panels face the sun for a sustainable recharge. The trike features two front wheels which are weight sensitive, allowing the trike to be controlled by the user by shifting their own weight.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks: [<strong><em>Tim Tobola<\/em><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Zero-emission trike harvests solar power. Designed by Tim Tobola, the Urban Commuter Trike aims to solve the mains issues in transportation today, which include the over-dependence on polluting fossil-fuel-powered cars. The easiest way to reduce the carbon footprint of individuals is to reduce this dependence and increase the use of renewable energy powered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}