Auto rickshaw

For all the auto rickshaw fanatics out there who cannot get enough of the little three wheeled devil, here u go: Desi Auto  Autos are simple, and so must their games be.  Swerve your auto through the city in a race with other autos         Hey Taxi Pick up and drop passengers. Earn points, which...Read More

YOKOMONO is a sound composition with 30 auto rickshaws playing horn patterns in sync with each other as they move in groups around the concentric circles of Connaught Place of New Dehli. A project by staalplaat soundsystem.     Watch: More info hereRead More

Recently back in Mumbai after a gruelling auto rickshaw driving odyssey, Australian travel writer Sharell Cook narrates her experiences in an exclusive to domain-b My flight to Chennai, where the Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge would be starting from, was delayed nearly an hour. This gave me plenty of time to think about what the next couple of weeks,...Read More

The spirit of adventure that brought 27 people from from around the world together to drive three-wheeled auto-rickshaws across India finally culminated at Mumbai’s JW Marriott in on 13 August 2009. Divided into 13 teams, they braved the city’s infamous traffic travelling from Alibag in the final leg of the 2,000-km four-state rally, which brought...Read More

Mangalore press, all over the Mumbai Xpress 2009: An auto rickshaw rally titled ‘Mumbai Express’, driven by the motto, ‘freedom through education’, was organized by the city unit of  Round Table – 115 organization under the aegis of Mangalore Ladies Circle in the city on Thursday August 6. ‘Round Table’ is an apolitical youth organization,...Read More

Bunch of media/news about the in motion Mumbai xpress 2009: Mangalore, August 6, 2009: Who would think one day foreigners from affluent countries will travel in autorikshaws not just within the city but on a long trip from Bangalore to Mumbai?  Yes it is right to think, it is happening in front of our own eyes....Read More

Go on a ride with Sharell Cook, as she takes on the 2009 Mumbai Xpress with a vengeance! “I have no idea how I’ll cope. I haven’t been brave enough to drive a car — which I know how to operate — in India yet, let alone an auto rickshaw! What’s more, merely spending 30 minutes in one of...Read More

Last year, Enviu, the innovators in sustainability based in Rotterdam (NL), launched the Hybrid Tuktuk Battle. The challenge was to design a system to make one million auto-rickshaws in India and other developing countries hybrid, in order to improve the living conditions of millions of drivers and their families, and drastically reduce the CO2 emissions. This month the...Read More

This Sunday, the amazing Mumbai Xpress will have its inaugural flag-off in bustling Chennai. Come join the fun which will include local celebrities, music, sport tricks, exhibition dancing, and even get a little energized while you are there! Watch these adventurous travelers from around the globe pile into their wacky auto rickshaws and chart off across...Read More

No 10 baby!!! by this time next year we’ll be number 1 or 2 maybe 5, and that’s a promise from the entire rickshaw challenge crew. Check the top 10 weirdest rallies hereRead More