When one thinks of an elf this time of year, visions of Santa’s little assistants at the North Pole come to mind. Well, we aren’t talking about that type of elf in this story. Rather we are talking ...

One of the latest products the guys over at Hammacher Schlemmer uploaded on their website is a solar-powered velomobile, with a range bi enough to take to work and back with only one charge. The 100% ...

TreeHugger Sami lives in Durham, North Carolina where they make the ELF, a solar and pedal powered hybrid vehicle that is "specifically designed to get the cycle-challenged out of their cars." I ...

Well, the popular Elf velomobile may be in for some competition. San Diego-based Virtue Cycle Solutions has developed a sort of electric cargo trike/pedal car type thing of its own, that it’s hoping ...

Durham, North Carolina-based Organic Transit is currently shopping for office and warehouse space in Portland. The company is known for their “ELF” solar and pedal-powered vehicle (which stands for ...

Velomobiles, which can more or less be defined as enclosed human-powered tricycles, come in many shapes and forms. Both the Elf and the Tripod feature an electric-assist motor, and have opted for a ...

Dan Neil on two modes of 1-hp urban transit: the ELF velomobile, a solar-powered car and bike hybrid, and the A2B electric bike.

There's no shortage of bizarre motorized bicycle crossbreeds in the world, but there just aren't enough bizarre motorized tricycle crossbreeds. So enter the ELF, a three-wheeled, electrically assisted ...

Take a spin in the ELF, a category-defying new vehicle built here in Durham, and prepare to have this question shouted at you by passing motorists. And bicyclists. And people on the sidewalk. Park in ...

If the words “recumbent trike” make your lip curl, we understand. Weird bikes often seem to perpetuate the myth that cyclists are fringey oddballs disconnected from reality. But the ELF deserves a ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Laura Brusky rolled into a restaurant parking lot riding in an enclosed tricycle that looked something like a big white egg, but she was there to work, not eat. Brusky is a ...