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In present scenario a Solar Hybrid Bicycle system will help to solve the major problems of fuel and pollution. There is no doubt that the emission of carbon-dioxide from an automobile exhaust is a concern for the increasing rate of global warming. The fuel prices in India and around the world is increasing day by day thus there is a tremendous need to search for an alternative to conserve these natural resources. Promoting use of hybrid vehicles can reduce CO2 emission and the fuel costs. Thus a solar bicycle is an electric vehicle which provides alternative by utilising solar energy to charge the battery and thus provide required voltage to run the motor. India is blessed with nine months of sunny climate thus concept of solar bicycle will be very useful in India. So we have built a Hybrid bicycle which combines the use of solar energy as well as the dynamo that runs through pedal to charge the battery to run the bicycle. The bicycle has the most feasible solar/electric power generation system mounted on the backside of bicycle to capture the sun rays to charge the battery during all durations. When there is no presence of sun, the bicycle work on the battery. For controlling speed of the motor, an accelerator is given which controls the supply. This technique reduces the running cost and increases the running efficiency. The speed of this Solar Hybrid Bicycle goes up to 25-30 km/hr carrying a load of a person of average weight. Thus solar hybrid bicycle can become a cheap alternative against the use of automobile and thus its manufacturing is essential.