Google Maps Using Strange Tricycles To Map Paris Streets

Since commie Parisians have closed many streets to cars, Google is using tricycles to map popular tourist destinations for Street View. Each trike hauls a generator and a pole with nine cameras on top. Yes, they look really weird. [GlobeandMail]

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The Tri-Magnum Looks Strange, Gets 50 MPG

This Tri-Magnum built around a Kawasaki KZ900 engine and rear suspension (go big green!), a VW Beetle front suspension, and more fiberglass than you can shake a stick at. Strange looking, yes, but 50 MPG ain't bad on a car with a fold-forward canopy top. This baby's one of the real gems you'll find at the 2008 Woodward … Read…
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Toothless Old Guy Builds 50 MPG Engine-Powered Tricycle, CNN Thinks…

Auto mechanic Bobby Stags has created a tricycle outfitted with a gas engine in his effort to combat the rapidly rising cost of gas. What's it mean to his bottom line? How about 50 MPG fuel economy? Hmm, although CNN's team appeared besides themselves over this great invention, it doesn't sound quite so breaking to us. …

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