Transportation

Driving in Desert Fog – A Survival Guide

Faisal O'Keefe - February 19, 2013

Got the Foggiest Notion How to Drive in Desert Fog? Camel caravans and soaring sand dunes demand backdrops of sun-bleached skies (or star-strewn heavens). But...

Transportation

Better Place EV Car Company to Close North American and Australia Operations?

Karin Kloosterman - February 6, 2013

Not long after firing its replacement CEO, the Israeli electric car company Better Place has alluded to Forbes that it will likely close its...

Transportation

Tel Aviv City Workers Busted for Fake Handicap Sign and Fine (VIDEO)

Tafline Laylin - February 10, 2013

If we hadn't seen the footage, we would never have believed that Tel Aviv's municipal workers would paint a fake handicap sign around a...

Lifestyle

Jerusalem Pulls Off Israel’s No Pants Light Rail Ride

Faisal O'Keefe - January 29, 2013

A few thousand New Yorkers stripping down to their Calvin Kleins in January ..but how's that behavior fly in a Middle Eastern city with...

Transportation

Twizy Mini Electric Pilot Planned for Israeli Town

Karin Kloosterman - January 23, 2013

The Israeli electric car company Better Place is seeing rough times (it just hired its third CEO in as many months after firing two others),...

Transportation

Plasan Greens Chevrolet’s 2014 Corvette Body

Maurice Picow - January 23, 2013

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette 2014will be lighter and stronger, thanks to the Israeli company Plasan High performance sports cars, including the gold Mercedes sports coupes...

Transportation

Cadillac’s ELR and Eco Luxury Cars Fit for the Middle East

Maurice Picow - January 23, 2013

Cadillac's 2014 ELR; a luxury plug in hybrid for only $55,000 Luxury cars, including biofuel driven gold Mercedes sports coups and sports cars like gold...

Transportation

Zerotracer: A Globetrotting Electric Motorbike With its Own Helmet

Tafline Laylin - June 16, 2017

The Swiss-made Zerotracer motorbike strutted its super efficient stuff at Masdar City and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week. Designed...

Transportation

Billionaire Arab Prince Buys Planet’s Largest Private Jet

Faisal O'Keefe - January 20, 2013

Look! Up in the sky! Is it an office complex? A concert hall? A Turkish bath? Or a parking garage? No, it's the new...

Transportation

Renault’s Electric Mini Car is More Electric Bang for Your Buck

Maurice Picow - January 18, 2013

Not exactly the 2014 Corvette, this smaller and cheaper electric model may be popular for older purchasers and the eco-aware in the Middle East This...

Transportation

After Pep Talk to Better Place Car Buyers Last Week, New CEO Fired

Karin Kloosterman - January 16, 2013

Is Better Place hiring a new CEO? In a surprising article in the Israeli business newspaper Globes today, Israel's electric car network company Better Place seems...

Transportation

Palestinian Speed Sisters Make Arab Women Top-Ranked

Faisal O'Keefe - November 8, 2020

Checkpoints set up by the Israeli military and social expectations don't stop members of the Middle East's first all-women racing team as they speed between the cities of the West Bank in high-octane car races.

Cities

Dubai to Overtake Heathrow as World’s Largest Airport

Faisal O'Keefe - January 8, 2013

Dubai International Airport (DXB) will overtake Heathrow as the world’s biggest international airport by 2015. What's the environmental impact of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE)...

Transportation