Transportation

Better Place Bankruptcy is a Sad Day for Electric Car Industry

Brian Nitz - May 26, 2013

It is a sad day. Better Place’s battery swap technology is an obvious and practical technological solution to a basic problem of physics and...

Transportation

Israel’s Better Place EV Company Dies and Files for Bankruptcy

Karin Kloosterman - May 26, 2013

It seemed like a sure thing five years ago, but today Israel's Better Place electric car company has pulled the plug on its electric...

Transportation

Renault Gives Up on Israel’s Swappable Electric Car Batteries

Karin Kloosterman - May 6, 2013

The Israeli EV company Better Place hasn't been having an easy ride. Despite nearly a billion dollars in investment Better Place has failed to...

Transportation

Dubai police buy $500,000 Lamborghini Cop Car

Faisal O'Keefe - June 18, 2024

Dubai police have announced the latest acquisition to their fleet of cop cars: a 700 horsepower Lamborghini Aventador.

Transportation

Nile Taxi – Scenic Stress Free Commuting for Cairo’s Residents

Tafline Laylin - April 13, 2013

Having just returned from Lamu, Kenya, where there is no other way to travel but by boat (or plane or donkey), it seems strange...

Cities

Egypt’s Green-Roofed Bio Boat Entirely Wind and Solar Powered

Tafline Laylin - April 10, 2013

Among nature's most devoted heroes throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) has released renders of...

Transportation

Israel’s Phinergy Boosts EV Travel Range with Aluminum Air Battery

Tafline Laylin - April 5, 2013

People who own cars want to at least have the option of taking an extended road trip, which has been a major barrier to...

Transportation

Ultra-light Dubai Car Travels 1000 KM On One Liter of Fuel!

Tafline Laylin - April 3, 2013

While some in the United Arab Emirates insist on developing unsustainable vehicles like this solid gold mercedes car powered by biofuel, engineering students from...

Transportation

Turkey Plans to Introduce Emissions-Based Tax on Motor Vehicles

Julia Harte - March 19, 2013

There are currently 1.6 million automobiles on Istanbul's roads, according to Embarq Türkiye -- and each day, 640 more are registered. Following British and German...

Transportation

Israel’s First Bike Museum in Converted Chicken Coop

Maurice Picow - March 18, 2013

Bertini Derailleur racing bikes like this one were used by Israeli cyclists in the Rome 1960 Olympiad Bicycle riding, including bike sharing in Tel...

Transportation

Rent an All-Electric Better Place Family Car in Israel

Maurice Picow - March 7, 2013

Now tourists can try out Better Place swappable batteries. For $65 a day, electricity and battery packs included. Better Place, Israel's controversial electric car network...

Tech

Moroccan Students Unveil Plans for Solar-Powered Electric Vehicles

Tafline Laylin - March 3, 2013

Sixty percent of Morocco's fuel reserves consists of petroleum and 23 percent of the country's energy is derived from coal, according to the DESERTEC Knowledge...

Transportation

MUV-e’s Folding Electric Trolley Goes from Land to Bus to Train

Maurice Picow - February 26, 2013

The MUV-e folding e-scooter from Israel can be personalized, linked to your smart phone, carried with you on the bus and stored in small...

Transportation

New Renault Twizy Electric Car Being Tested in Tel Aviv Rental-Share Plan

Maurice Picow - February 19, 2013

More than a skateboard, less than a car; that's Renault's new electric Twizy Tel Aviv's serious pollution and car parking problems which were partially alleviated...

Transportation