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Israeli Fuel Company Tries Out Gasoline – Green Methanol Fuel Mixture

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Eco-Hybrid Car From Qatar Unveiled During Climate Talks

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It’s California or Bust for Better Place’s eTaxis

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Better Place EV Company May Turn Into EV Gas Station

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Better Place Israeli CEO Quits EV Car Company

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Proposed Tel Aviv SkyTran Project is “Up in the Air”

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Qatar Airways Hopes Natural Gas Will Battle Climate Change, Lower Prices

Qatar Airways' natural gas push could help combat climate change, reduce costs for passengers. Photo: Qatar Airways With massive natural gas reserves, it is a...

Legacy of Hybrid Battery Inventor Stan Ovshinsky Lives On

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...

A fire hazard in Fisker Karma Electric Super Cars?

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...

Better Place Electric Car Company Gets $100 Million Investment Boost

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...

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

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...

Luxury Fisker Karma Electric Vehicle Hits the Middle East

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...

We Interview Better Place Car Owners in Israel

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...

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