BUBBLE BIKE, WILL REPLACE THE CARS?

The Bubble Bike might look like the love child of a scooter and a Messerschmitt Kabinenroller, but it’s an ingenious response to the needs of Northern China and some of the more northern Asian countries where temperatures drop well below zero in winter and the roads get a liberal coating of snow and ice, making them not nearly as suitable for scooters and motorcycles as they are in summer. The recipient of a 2009 Red Star Design Award (China’s equivalent of the red dot awards), the three-wheel Bubble Bike sells in China for RMB 5000 (around US$730).





Low cost transport is imperative in many developing countries, and the Bubble Bike's price-tag makes it the only game in town if you want more than two wheels, or want to carry three people or a lot of luggage and keep them/it dry and warm.
Most importantly, the Bubble Bike is electric, meaning it recharges from a power point for a negligible cost and has oodles of grunt for getting up to its 45 km/h top speed. Now we understand that's not so fast by the standards of the big cities with lots of space that we're accustomed to, but it's plenty fast for urban running in the highly congested streets of China's megacities.



The Bubble Bike has a range of 100 km and takes between six and eight hours to charge from a standard household power outlet in its current configuration. The manufacturers are currently trialling alternative batteries which decrease the charging time to three hours and increase the range of the vehicle to 200 km, plus the cost of the Bubble Bike by several hundred dollars. I'm presuming those batteries are lithium ion but translation between the designer’s Shandong dialect and English was an issue, so I can’t be sure.

Crazy, Car Loan Down Payment Just US$ 100 !

Bandung - The Chinese manufacturer Geely find it difficult to attract enough customers in Indonesia, because it was set up financing schemes Geely cars is very cheap. Just to pay Down Payment (DP) only US$ 120.

With minimal funds belonging to it, consumers have been able to bring the car Geely Panda. And it is believed to be the best solution to attract consumers in the country.



"Yes we can, for each of the dealers could have and depending on the policy. We'll count on it," said President Director of PT Indonesia Budi Geely Cars Pramod on the sidelines of the test drive Geely Panda in Bandung, West Java.

Budi said, Geely brand not known by the people of Indonesia. Even people of Chinese descent was still hard to accept Geely Panda.

"My biggest obstacle is to offer China Geely to person. Constrained because they do not believe the quality of Geely products," said Budi.

Yet according to Geely products do not compete with other vehicle products in Indonesia. Budi believe, at this time Geely vehicles in line with other car brands. "Though we do not lose good product. In terms of design and good engine," said Budi.

For that, Geely also issued a variety of ways to make customers interested. Then what is the solution. One solution is to promote cheap Down Payment US$ 120 only.

Currently, the price of Geely cars Panda GS 1300 cc 5 speed manual priced US$ 11,000 on the road in Jakarta.

While Geely Panda 1300 cc GL 5 speed priced US$ 10,000 on the road in Jakarta. For class 2 and MK MK sedan hatchback priced from US$ 13,000 to U.S. $ 16,000 on the road in Jakarta.

Daihatsu Entrance Competition Fuel Efficient Cars

Tokyo - Competition creates fuel efficient cars seem more and more fierce. After the Toyota Yaris, Daihatsu is now his brother who show off by issuing the Move is claimed is the most economical cars in Japan.



The car that had just shown Daihatsu claimed fuel efficiency is able to print until 1:27 km per liter. These results are even more efficient than the efficiency of a hybrid car like the Honda Jazz Hybrid is only able to reach 1:25 km per liter.

1:27 actual results is similar to that printed the Toyota Yaris, Daihatsu claims but this tiny car can be more efficient than the Yaris because of her tiny body burden somewhat lighter than the Toyota Yaris.

Thanks to KF-VE 660cc engine that's fuel efficient, Daihatsu Move could reduce the selling price as it gets subsidies from the Japanese government for environment friendly cars and fuel efficient.

Because that's Daihatsu Motor Corp. as detikOto quotation from the official website
convinced that this little car can be sold to 12,000 units in Japan alone.

For the sale price, Daihatsu Move fix the price of 1.066 million yen to 1.372 million yen (US$ 12,000 to US$ 15,000) for the standard types.

As for the type that has been given the accessories, Daihatsu Move Custom release with 1.247 million yen price up to USD 1.534 million yen or US$ 14.000 to US$ 17,000