China: Dog Proudly Stands on Top of Delivery Tricycle in Yunnan

On November 15, 2025, a tiny dog was spotted standing confidently on top of a delivery tricycle in Yunnan, China, following its owner along the street and enjoying the ride.

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

A woman rides a three-wheel electric vehicle on Sept. 25, 2025, in the first-phase zone of Toyota Motor Corp.'s experimental "Woven City," launched at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, which the carmaker is building as a testbed for the future of mobility.

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

A woman rides a three-wheel electric vehicle on Sept. 25, 2025, in the first-phase zone of Toyota Motor Corp.'s experimental "Woven City," launched at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, which the carmaker is building as a testbed for the future of mobility.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

Yamaha Concept Car at 7CIIE in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 6, 2024 - Visitors look at Yamaha TRICERA electric three-wheel concept car at the 7th CIIE in Shanghai, China, Nov 6, 2024.

Afghans struggle to keep houses warm in winter amid poverty, sanctions

STORY: Afghans struggle to keep houses warm in winter amid poverty, sanctions SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ABDULLAH, Resident in Kabul 3. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): HAJJI JUMA GUL, Wood seller in Kabul 5. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): KHALIL, Three-wheel vehicle driver 7. various of a firewood shop in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: As the chilly winter is approaching in war-ravaged and mountainous Afghanistan, Abdullah, a resident in the national capital Kabul, is bargaining with a wood seller to buy firewood at a low price in order to keep his home warm in the harsh winter. Although the weather in Kabul and many other parts of Afghanistan is already cold, and some mountains have been covered with snow, the winter season usually begins in mid-December in

Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi.

Yamaha Motor unveils new three-wheeler

Yamaha Motor unveils new three-wheeler

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s "Tricity MW125," a new three-wheel motorcycle model, is shown at a press conference in Tokyo, on July 1, 2014. The product will be on sale from Sept. 10 in Japan.

Airbag-covered iSAVE You electric vehicle

Airbag-covered iSAVE You electric vehicle

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Humanix -- a Hiroshima University-affiliated startup business -- unveils to the press in Hiroshima on Nov. 15, 2012, a three-wheel electric vehicle, called iSAVE YOU, which is covered with an airbag-like cushion material.

Flooding in Thailand

Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A three-wheel auto rickshaw called a tuk-tuk drives along a flooded road near the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Oct. 27, 2011.

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2011, shows the engine of a prototype three-wheel vehicle developed by Toyota Industries Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. group company. The vehicle named Ku:Rin is powered by compressed air without using any fossil fuel or electricity.

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2011, shows a prototype three-wheel vehicle developed by Toyota Industries Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. group company. The vehicle named Ku:Rin is powered by compressed air without using any fossil fuel or electricity.

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a three-wheel electric vehicle made by Mitsuoka Motor Co. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company announced a plan to recruit local businesses to road-test the vehicle, called the Like-T3, which has been jointly developed with a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp.

Aisin, partner develop transformable personal mobility vehicle

Aisin, partner develop transformable personal mobility vehicle

Aisin Seiki Co. and the Chiba Institute of Technology introduce their jointly developed ILY-A three-wheel electric personal mobility vehicle for use by a single person in Tokyo on March 17, 2015. The vehicle can be transformed into a "rollerboard mode" (L) and a "vehicle mode" in addition to a "cart mode" and a "portable mode." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Classic German car reborn as electric car in Japan

Classic German car reborn as electric car in Japan

Masayuki Inomata, president of Sendai Bus Co., shows off a 60-year-old German three-wheel car that has been revamped as an electric vehicle in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in September 2017. Inomata believes more EVs are needed in the area, which experienced a gasoline shortage after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(CORRECTED) Photos from earthquake-devastated China's Sichuan

(CORRECTED) Photos from earthquake-devastated China's Sichuan

MIANYANG, China - Local people on a three-wheel motorcycle evacuate the quake-devastated area in Mianyang, Sichuan Proince, on May 13, a day after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck the province at 2:28 p.m. on May 12. (Kyodo)

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2011, shows the engine of a prototype three-wheel vehicle developed by Toyota Industries Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. group company. The vehicle named Ku:Rin is powered by compressed air without using any fossil fuel or electricity. (Kyodo)

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

Air-propelled vehicle developed by Toyota group

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2011, shows a prototype three-wheel vehicle developed by Toyota Industries Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp. group company. The vehicle named Ku:Rin is powered by compressed air without using any fossil fuel or electricity. (Kyodo)

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a three-wheel electric vehicle made by Mitsuoka Motor Co. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company announced a plan to recruit local businesses to road-test the vehicle, called the Like-T3, which has been jointly developed with a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp. (Kyodo)

Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi. (Kyodo)

Yamaha Motor unveils new three-wheeler

Yamaha Motor unveils new three-wheeler

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s "Tricity MW125," a new three-wheel motorcycle model, is shown at a press conference in Tokyo, on July 1, 2014. The product will be on sale from Sept. 10 in Japan. (Kyodo)

Flooding in Thailand

Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A three-wheel auto rickshaw called a tuk-tuk drives along a flooded road near the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Oct. 27, 2011. (Kyodo)

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV, electric vehicle, was presented during the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV, electric vehicle, was presented during the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV

Nobe, three-wheel drive EV, electric vehicle, was presented during the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

Three-wheel motorcycle for Japan Post mail delivery

Three-wheel motorcycle for Japan Post mail delivery

Photo taken in Tokyo on June 15, 2020, shows a three-wheel roofed motorcycle which Japan Post Co. will introduce for mail delivery service on a trial basis within June in some areas, including Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo