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Italian bike maker Bianchi – if not the oldest bicycle company, then certainly one of the oldest – has announced the e-Omnia family of ebikes, which include five models spanning three different riding categories.

Helsinki startup Urban Cycles Oy sees a gap in the European ebike market, and is looking to fill it with the Equal ebike. Designed for city streets, the clean-looking ride weighs in at under 15 kg, provides assist up to 25 km/h and rolls for 50 km.

Back in July, Volta Trucks released some specs and rendered images of its upcoming Zero electric truck. Now the start-up has revealed the first prototype, with trials due to start next year ahead of full production in 2022.

The design minds of bike veteran Lars Jensen and Anders Hermansen, who has form working for high-end audio house Bang & Olufsen, have created a "shapely, handy and functional" ebike for the city called the Movea E-motion.

Spanish emobility company Silence has today announced a new member of it e-scooter family. The S02 LS is aimed at shops and restaurants looking for an eco-friendly and economical way to deliver goods to customers as we begin to emerge from lockdown.

Scientists have mapped an entire buried ancient Roman city known as Falerii Novi using radar technology. The researchers unraveled the secrets of the city 30.5 hectare Italian city by riding over its remains in a quad bike towing a radar instrument.

Two years ago, a Belgian startup called Cowboy launched a new city ebike. Now the third generation commuter ride has been announced, with a removable battery housed in the seat tube, crash detection through an app and a new mobile repair service.

Specialized has launched super light versions of its commuter ebike, claiming that they're 40 percent lighter than much of the competition. The Turbo Vado SL ebikes will offer assist up to 28 mph and should be good for 80 miles of per charge range.

The top 50 urban photos from photography social network Agora span an incredible array of subjects and styles. Covering everything from drone shots to surreal portraits, these spectacular images encapsulate the diverse and lively energy of city life.

A fascinating and robust new study has for the first time examined the association between teenage psychotic experiences and exposure to air pollution. The study strikingly found higher rates of adolescent psychotic experiences significantly correlated with increased levels of urban air pollution.

Architects have long embedded geometrical patterns into their designs that lay hidden from the view of us ground-dwelling humans. ​In this gallery we feature some of the most spectacular secret symmetries uncovered through modern drone photography.

As we look forward to a 21st century filled with massive mega-cities, and extraordinary technological innovation, we must ask how are our science fiction visions influencing the cities we build, and what can we learn from some of these prescient fictional texts?