Macomb Comm. College students tool around in renewable energy-powered cargo trikes
Some enterprising students just gave junk a new green lease on life. Excerpt: Take 13 college students from diverse backgrounds, ask them to build something purposeful out of junk and voila! — the result is a pair of funky three-wheeled bikes, powered by renewable energy, that transport people and cargo anytime, anyplace. The band of students at Macomb Community College collaborated for 14 weeks on the "trikes,”"which run on a combination of pedal power and an electric hub motor using a battery charged with solar power. The students, who are earning certificates in Macomb’s renewable energy technology program, kept the designs environmentally friendly by incorporating the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra of the sustainability movement. More here .
Some enterprising students just gave junk a new green lease on life.
Excerpt:
Take 13 college students from diverse backgrounds, ask them to build something purposeful out of junk and voila! — the result is a pair of funky three-wheeled bikes, powered by renewable energy, that transport people and cargo anytime, anyplace.
The band of students at Macomb Community College collaborated for 14 weeks on the “trikes,””which run on a combination of pedal power and an electric hub motor using a battery charged with solar power.
The students, who are earning certificates in Macomb’s renewable energy technology program, kept the designs environmentally friendly by incorporating the “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra of the sustainability movement.
More here.
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