January 20th, 2013

Organic Transit’s Solar-Pedal Hybrid Vehicle Is Ready To Ship In March

We’ve seen the Organic Transit Elf go from a twinkle in founder Rob Cotter’s eye to the real deal in a matter of a few short months.

The solar-powered pedal hybrid vehicle first showed its face in prototype phase back at our Durham meetup, and shortly thereafter found its way to Kickstarter. → Read More

July 17th, 2012

Hands-On With Organic Transit’s Pedal-Solar Electric Hybrid Vehicle, “The Elf”

TC Durham MeetUp: Organic Transit

Our week in the Southeast gave us plenty of memorable moments, but perhaps my favorite of the entire trip was when I stumbled upon the Elf — a pedal-solar electric hybrid vehicle from Organic Transit in Durham, NC. It’s one of those products that — given the right financing and marketing — could be completely disruptive in Urban areas.

The vehicles come in two models→ Read More

May 16th, 2007

HTC Elf Spotted in The Wild

HTC churns out some great products here and there. The 8525, even with WinMo, is a nice phone to have around and gets the job done. The Elf is no different, hopefully. Encased in a pearly white finish is an EDGE/GPRS/UMTS/GSM handset with 64MB of RAM, 128MB of flash, a 2-megapixel camera, and a 2.8-inch touch screen display. The Elf also includes a mini-USB, Bluetooth 2.0 and audio output. Mr. → Read More