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Legacy of Hybrid Battery Inventor Stan Ovshinsky Lives On

Maurice Picow - November 8, 2012

Frontal view of Toyota Prius Mk III hybrid: its battery was innovated by Stan Ovshinsky Ever since the first Toyota Prius hybrid cars began traveling...

Transportation

A fire hazard in Fisker Karma Electric Super Cars?

Maurice Picow - September 13, 2017

Mid East purchasers of Fisker Karma electric hybrids should be aware of the car's potential fire risks Wealthy residents of opulent Mid East countries such...

Transportation

Better Place Electric Car Company Gets $100 Million Investment Boost

Karin Kloosterman - November 4, 2012

Investors still have faith in the Israeli-led Better Place electric car company. After the board fired its visionary founder and CEO Shai Agassi, and...

Transportation

The Best Electric Cars of 2012, According to the American Buzz

Maurice Picow - October 31, 2012

The Fisker Karma electric hybrid sport: Not everybody's car at $98,000 Electric cars cruising the roads of the Middle East and elsewhere in the world...

Transportation

Luxury Fisker Karma Electric Vehicle Hits the Middle East

Tafline Laylin - November 20, 2012

There really isn't a better market than the Arabian Gulf for Fisker's luxury electric vehicle, that smooth and opulent 5,000 pound Karma, so it...

Transportation

We Interview Better Place Car Owners in Israel

Maurice Picow - May 29, 2013

Inside a Better Place battery switching station. Maurice interviews two Better Place electric car buyers who defend their decision to buy electric, and support the...

Transportation

Bio-Powered Green Bus Fitted With Recycled Materials Cruises Dubai

Tafline Laylin - October 23, 2012

It's easy to poke fun at Dubai for all of its insane excesses, but because we're big-hearted greenies, we also want to give the...

Transportation

$9 Cardboard Bike from Israel Going to Market

Karin Kloosterman - October 21, 2012

Could it be a world-changer? A cheap solution to help African kids get to schools and clinics? Israel's Izhar Gafni (who we interviewed here)...

Transportation

Better Place Sells 125 Renault ZEs to Huge Industrial Group in Israel

Tafline Laylin - October 17, 2012

Despite a major upheaval in recent weeks, the electric vehicle company Better Place is pushing forward its business expansion plans with a $4 million deal...

Transportation

Better Place Electric Car Company Lays Off Staff?

Karin Kloosterman - October 18, 2012

In the wake of ousting its guru-like CEO visionary Shai Agassi, rumors are circulating that Better Place Israel will be laying off staff, about...

Transportation

Shai Agassi Leaves Better Place Board Over Dispute With Parent Company

Karin Kloosterman - October 10, 2012

A few days after we praised the new Better Place electric car pricing model in Israel (a lease plus charge plus 1000 km for...

Transportation

Shai Agassi Fired from Better Place Electric Car Company

Karin Kloosterman - February 14, 2020

Israel's iconic CEO Shai Agassi has been fired from his position at the electric car company Better Place. He will be replaced by Evan Thornley, the current CEO of Better Place Australia.

Transportation

Drive a Better Place EV for $510 a Month, Including Charge

Karin Kloosterman - October 4, 2012

The best news to come from Better Place is an attractive $510 leasing plan per month which includes 1000 km. Israel's Better Place, headed by...

Transportation

Fourteen Percent of Tel Aviv is Biking to Work or School

Karin Kloosterman - October 2, 2012

There's been a huge jump in Tel Avivians riding on two wheels in the last decade. When I first visited Tel Aviv about 12 or...

Business

Abu Dhabi Turns to Natural Gas Green Transport

Faisal O'Keefe - September 23, 2012

Abu Dhabi cars to run on compressed natural gas. The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) has converted 20 vehicles in its fleet of 500...

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