Category: green
Low Cost Maglev Coming to China
Tweet Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, China’s second largest train builder, has unveiled it’s new low cost Maglev which it hopes to be put in to service in booming Chinese cities. Tweet
AOC Launches Environmentally Friendly USB Monitor
Tweet Typically LED computer monitors tend to run off of main power, and are connected to your PC Via a display plug of some sort, however with AOC’s new 22-inch LED display this is all going to change as all it requires is a single USB. Tweet
Apple Not ‘Sincere’ About China Pollution Problem?!
Tweet Yesterday afternoon, Apple invited representatives from 9 Chinese environmental protection groups, to discuss accusations that at least 27 of Apples suppliers were releasing poisoners toxins and carcinogens in the the domestic environment. The three and a half hour long meeting was held at Apple Beijing offices, and while the representatives were happy that Apple had [...]
Can’t Find a Taxi? YongChe is the app for that!
Tweet If you have ever been to one of the major, and massively busy, cities in China like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, you will no doubt understand how difficult it can be to find a taxi. Thankfully Zhou Hang, CEO of Yongche, has an app for that! Tweet
Beijing Rolls Out Phone Swipe Payment For Public Transport
Tweet Beijing Municipal Government Yikatong Ltd are the company responsible for those blue plastic cards Beijinger use to pay for buses, subways and some other forms of public transport. But as technologies and trends change, so too has the Yikatong card. Tweet
BYD E6 Electric Sedan On Sale
Tweet Electric cars are one of the soon to be booming market in China, and BYD are one of the first of the larger Chinese car manufacturers to offer an electric car to the Chinese car buying public. The all electric BYD E6 has been available to buy for taxi companies and can be seen [...]
BYD electric buses heading for LAX
Tweet BYD (Build Your Dreams, the Chinese car company behind such cars as the BYD F0 (Toyota Aigo clone) have announced that they will be setting up shop in North America. BYD are going to open a new headquarters in Los Angeles, which marks the Chinese automotive companies first physical presences in the U.S. The [...]
Shanghai Subway in trouble again! Video
Tweet Shanghai’s subway service is a necessary evil in the modern sprawling city. The subway does give commuters a fast, cheap and convenient way to move about the city, but when things go wrong they can be and have been life or death! Tweet
China’s National ‘No Car Day’ Has No Takers
Tweet I didn’t know this when I jumped in to my Chinese made jalopy to head to the office in downtown Qingdao, but today is China’s official National ‘Car Free Day’. It looks like no one else new, or didn’t care either! Tweet
Return of the ‘Strida’ eBike
Tweet Last year we spotted a bright orange electric Strida bike on sale in China. This year it’s back with a new top speed! Tweet
Cyclops Sports Cam: Budget Helmet Camera for Extreme Sports Fans
Tweet One of the amazing things about Chinese manufacturers is that they may well make OEM products for overseas companies, then modify the OEM to their own specification and sell it throughout Asia, but leave off any identifying branding. Apparently this ‘Cyclops’ action camera is the perfect example of made and modified in China. The [...]
Chinese Military Drone Crash in Huining
Tweet China’s experimental military drones are not something you would come across everyday, well unless you happened to be in the woods of Huining, Hebei where one crashed yesterday! Tweet
Brilliance Auto EV Concept
Tweet I have to admit I’m slightly biased toward anything Brilliance Autos （中华）reveals. I love their BS4 Wagon, BS4 Saloon, like the idea of the Brilliance Coupe and love the FRV hatchback so much that I bought one! This is Brilliance’s EV concept which was shown at a number of auto shows last year. I’m [...]
Shanghai Expo to Use Food Scraps for Power
Tweet Apparently the Zero-carbon hall at this years upcoming Shanghai World Expo, plans to use left over food to generate electricity. The Zero Carbon hall will not only utilize the power of leftover hamburgers and Chou Tofu, but will also generate power via wind turbines and solar cells placed on its roof. The organisers are [...]
Chinese Electric Smart Car Clone Yours for $1700
Tweet We’ve known for a while that a small factory in the outskirts of Shandong province have been making there own version of the Smart car. The Chinese produced copy is hand ‘crafted’ from fibreglass and uses an electric drive-train. The outside of the vehicle looks suprisingly similar to the genuine article, the interior however [...]
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