Transportation

Captain Sunshine Takes Over Better Place Electric Car Company

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...

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

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,...

High Flyers’ Legroom Generates More Emissions

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

Can Tesla Take Over Israel’s Better Place Charging Stations?

Tesla Motors, the California maker of  prestigious and high priced total electric sports cars is  still to become a true reality in most countries...

Better Place Bankruptcy is a Sad Day for Electric Car Industry

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...

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

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...

Renault Gives Up on Israel’s Swappable Electric Car Batteries

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...

Dubai police buy $500,000 Lamborghini Cop Car

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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