Transportation

Why Teen Drivers Should Listen to Barry Manilow When Driving

Karin Kloosterman - August 26, 2013

In countries like Saudi Arabia where the dangerous and fatal "sport" of drifting cars into crowds of people is considered a past-time, we wonder...

Transportation

SkyTran: World’s First Levitating Transit System Heads to Tel Aviv

Tafline Laylin - October 8, 2020

Tel Aviv will be the first city to install a magnetic levitating transit system (maglev) designed by NASA and SkyTran, and the electric train...

Transportation

Palestine’s First Bike Lane in Jericho Brings Oldest City Up to Speed

Matthew Kalman - August 2, 2013

Biking enthusiasts in Palestine have welcomed the construction of the first cycle lane in the Palestinian territories on the main road leading from Jericho...

Transportation

Brazil’s Easy Taxi App Heads to Egypt and Morocco

Tafline Laylin - July 26, 2013

Sometimes if you stand on the wrong corner of a busy street in Cairo, taxis will drive right on by, guilt-free, while in less...

Cities

New Hybrids on the Horizon for the Middle East

Green Prophet - July 25, 2013

Hybrid cars have had a slow start in the Middle East in comparison to other markets. One factor influencing sales is the fact that...

Transportation

Qoros Electric Vehicle: China and Israel Partner with USA

Tafline Laylin - July 18, 2013

After losing the Better Place electric vehicle company, Israel Corporation moved forward with a different holding in the same industry. Qoros Auto Company Ltd., a...

Transportation

Submarine Rail Linking Morocco and Spain Gets UN Push

Tafline Laylin - July 22, 2013

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is pushing to revive a thirty year old plan to build a submarine rail link between...

Transportation

Captain Sunshine Takes Over Better Place Electric Car Company

Tafline Laylin - October 4, 2020

The Better Place electric vehicle network was always an ambitious dream, and now it doesn't have to die thanks to the man known as...

Tech

$10 Recycled Cardboard Bike Indiegogo Campaign Raises Nearly $20,000 in Two Days

Tafline Laylin - July 2, 2013

When news of a $10 bicycle made of recycled cardboard first reached our desk, we didn't think it would ever see the light of day,...

Transportation

High Flyers’ Legroom Generates More Emissions

Faisal O'Keefe - June 26, 2013

No news that first-class passengers have deeper pockets than economy flyers. Now the World Bank confirms their carbon footprint is about sevenfold that of...

Transportation

A Better Place Car Owner on Tesla’s Battery Swap Tech

Green Prophet - July 2, 2013

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced the “latest” in electric car technology – battery pack swapping for the company’s Model S – to a gushing...

Transportation

Think of Better Place Electric Vehicle as Personal Bus, Not Car

Green Prophet - June 17, 2013

Guest writer Brian Blum is an owner of a Better Place car in Israel. Now faced with uncertainty as to how he can charge...

Transportation

Q-Fog’s Low-tech Misting Air Con to “Cool” Green Cyclists

Tafline Laylin - June 7, 2013

It gets hot in Israel, so two local entrepreneurs have invented a water-saving device called the Q-Fog to keeps cyclists cool. Pump a lever on the...

Transportation

Interview With A Better Place EV Car Owner – Not Stranded Yet

Maurice Picow - May 29, 2013

Following Sunday's news that Israel's Better Place has declared bankruptcy we have to ask: what is going to happen to the 900+ car owners who signed...

Transportation