Sanyo's new eneloop bike gets carbon fiber frame, traction control brain

Carbon fiber, with its light weight and high strength, is the material upon which the modern motorsports world is built. Traction control, which decreases difficulty, threatens to destroy it. However, in the world of the urban commute, traction control is a great thing and carbon is generally unheard of. Not for Sanyo, which will soon introduce the CY-SPK227 eneloop bike with a frame made of the stuff, featuring two wheel drive and traction control. The rear wheel is powered by the chain, the front by an electric motor, and should the rider pedal more enthusiastically than slippery conditions allow the bike will compensate by adding more juice to the front. Total weight is about 43lbs, many times that of the composite wonders Lance straddled in France, but about 7lbs lighter than the company's . It has regenerative braking, an LED headlight, magnesium suspension, a ¥627,900 price tag (about $6,600), and it releases in Japan in October -- you know, right about when the skies start to threaten snow. A good test for that traction control, then.

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Tyre of the future

Michelin Tyres has proposed the release of a product which can be termed revolutionary.Guess what? A "Tweel".
Tweel is a tyre without air.It is claimed that this new idea which is to be materialised into a product is to beat the conventional tyres based on pnuematic technology in perfomance.It can move over smoothly through worst rugged terrains which is not possible beyond a limit for conventional tyres.The company has proposed to produce it for commercial as well as military purposes

This new tweel under design is being tested on an AUDI-A4
The company is guaranteeing not the same but more efficient handling and perfomance than a pnuematic tyre.Eventhough the company has not yet confirmed the releasing time,sources say that it will hit the market by next year.The company says that they are keeping a low profile in Tweel's entry into the market.

Michelin, one of the largest tyre manufacturers in the world are expected to come up with this new product which will for sure make the automobile lovers and techno geeks have their heads turned.

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