Micah Toll, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh (and former cityLIVE! panelist), is getting national media coverage for a Pittsburgh start-up he founded with two of his classmates. Pulse Motors designs and produces a two-wheeled electric vehicle called the Personal Electric Vehicle Zero, or PEV0, which can drive 100 miles on $0.25 of electricity and aims to provide an alternative for city commuters. Pulse is accepting applications for PEV0 Beta Testers on their website through the spring of 2012, and plans to expand their business internationally over the next couple of years.
Learn more at Pulse’s website, or read more about them over at Inc. magazine.