We’ve reviewed a bunch of motorized bikes recently, so I put together a list of some of the best ones.

All of these bikes are hybrid bikes, providing motorized assistance to traditional peddle power. None of these directly emissions (although some are electric, which indirectly create emissions), making these bikes a great green method of transportation.

So why continue paying for gas and producing emissions? Get yourself a green bike and save both money and the environment!

Reviews and links for the bikes after the break.

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 There’s a lot of buzz around hydrogen fuel-cells, but until now it’s been mostly focused on cars.

Chinese company “Pearl Hydrogen” is aiming to bring fuel-cell technology to the already green realm of bicycles. Why mess with an invention that already boasts one of the greenest methods of transportation? Sometimes you need a bit of motorized help.

This fuel-cell bike has a range of up to 100km, and a top speed of around 25km. Pretty good for a bike. It’s a little expensive right now at $2600, although that’s about the same as other motorized eco-bikes we’ve reviewed. The company claims they expect to reduce this price by up to 80% however, bringing the price to just over $500. Not bad.

These motorized bikes are fantastic methods of transportation, and with hydrogen fuel-cells, are 100% green as well. Hydrogen is a bit hard to find at the moment, as there is little in the way of distribution, but Pearl Hydrogen claims they have a distributer set up to sell hydrogen to it’s customers.

If the price really does come down to around $500, we could finally see a motorized bike that could gain some mass adoption. A lot of people will not likely want to give up their cars completely, but if you can make the majority of your short and medium length trips on a bike, you’ll be saving a huge amount of money in gas, and saving tons of emissions as well.

Now I’d like to see a fuel-cell powered Shopcycle, then almost all of my trips could be green!

via Treehugger, Green Options

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