After reporting on the solar powered ice cream truck Tree Hugger followed up by reporting on a website called Eco-Car that discusses bikes, buses, mopeds and vans powered by electricity. The website is in Spanish but Tree Hugger has a few details about the vehicles including that they are rechargable with solar power:
These modes of transport are almost silent therefore reducing noise pollution as well as exhaust pollution. The price per kilometre is 6 times less than that of petrol or diesel. When you are standing at traffic lights these vehicles don’t consume any energy, so no need to argue about whether its more or less efficient to turn the engine off and on at traffic lights. And did I mention that they can be recharged by solar power? Oh yes, yes I did! To be honest these little get-abouts aren’t really designed for the open road, but they do make it up to 50 Km per hour which is perfectly respectable for getting around town. Eco-car are based in Barcelona and are part of the Elektron Group.
