Solar rickshaw

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Solar rickshaws were built as an alternative to gas-powered cycle and auto rickshaws. They were introduced as an environmentally friendly mode of transportation in India in 2012. It is also being pursued as a work vehicle for the Indian Postal Service.

Origin

To reduce the dependence upon fossil fuels and the resulting air pollution from gas-powered rickshaws, Malcom Moss, a British environmentalist, has developed a solar-powered rickshaw with a small electric motor. In 2001 he drove it across India.[1] They operate up to 35–40 km per hour.[1][2]

Country overview

The Netherlands

Thomas Lundy of Amsterdam began trading under the name Solar Rickshaw in June 2008, resulting in a video report on Reuters, the world's largest news wire source. See report on this Reuters link

India

The solar rickshaw", introduced to Delhi, Chandigarh and other Indian cities by November, 2012, was designed and marketed by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).[2][3]

The Indian Postal Service is attempting to develop and deploy an electric solar-charged rickshaw. It has been suggested as a way to replace bicycles in India with vehicles that will enable carriers to travel farther and carry more at a lower cost. The "Soleckshaw" is "specifically suitable as a light delivery vehicle, for delivery of post, parcels and other postal services both in urban and rural areas."[3][4][5]

The 2010 Union budget of India had a concessional excise duty of 4% on solar cycle-rickshaws.[3]

United States

Thomas Jackson, owner of Swami Thomi's Rickshaw, operates a solar-powered pedicab service in Huntsville, Alabama.[6]

See also

Rickshaws
Other

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Julie Richards (2007). Future Energy. Macmillan Education AU (2nd edition). p. 24. ISBN 1420261037. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Solar rickshaws to power green city dreams". Times of India. November 24, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 TERI Energy Data Directory & Yearbook (TEDDY) 2010. TERI Press. 2012. p. 403. ISBN 8179933938. 
  4. ↑ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT (July 9, 2010). "‘Sunny’ ride for postal workers". The Telegraph Calcutta, India. New Delhi. Retrieved September 23, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Khan, Faisal (January 18, 2011). "Kinetic Launches Postal Soleckshaw". Kinetic. Retrieved September 23, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Swami Thomi’s Rickshaw a unique trip around Huntsville". WAAY-TV. April 8, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 

Additional reading

  • Priscilla Mulhall (2010). Solar-assisted Electric Auto Rickshaw Three Wheeler. Illinois Institute of Technology. 
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