The rickshaw race motif is spreading, reaching Des Moines, Iowa USA. The inaugural Tuk Tuk Goose Chase was last year in Oct, 2012. ONE TUK TUK. TWO DRIVERS. THREE WHEELS. FOR THE HELL OF IT!Read More
The Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run is proof that a little imagination is all it takes to transform the banal into the sublime. As a pageant of strikingly painted tuk-tuks was steered out of The Residency Towers Chennai for the eighth edition of Rickshaw Challenge – Classic Run, by a motley group of merry men...Read More
To Thomas Kuhnelt, 30, an employee of an aerospace company in Munich, Germany, being caught in the Mumbai traffic was “thrilling. ” What made it even more “fun” for him was that he was driving an auto rickshaw in one of the most congested cities in the world, and not merely travelling in one as...Read More
It’s only a prototype now but the Denver Zoo is using animal poop and trash to power an electric rickshaw. The plan is to test the fuel’s efficacy to eventually power an entire elephant pavalion. ‘The zoo happens to have a lot of animal dung on hand where it is, and via its own patent-pending...Read More
Getting ready for the Classic Run 2011/2012, team ‘tuk and roll’ eagerly anticipating the flag off: ‘Once upon a time, four men living in Seattle, Washington decided to enter an autorickshaw challenge taking place along the southeastern coast of India over a ten day period. The rickshaw rally would entail driving a glorified golf cart…...Read More
The Rickshaw Challenge is a proud supporter of ‘the slow road to India challenge’: In these days of international travel, a journey from Nottingham to India doesn’t seem that remarkable. But when that journey involves three men crammed into a tiny rickshaw and driving nearly 6,000 miles at 20mph, it’s something of a challenge. Sanjay...Read More
The Rickshaw Challenge Deccan Odyssey was flagged off by Panaji mayor Yatin Parekh on Sunday, in which participants will be driving their auto-rickshaws to Mumbai. Having had two days of intensive training, driving their tricky tuk-tuk – as they refer to it, participants are looking forward to the trip. Of seven teams competing, winners will...Read More
