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Shai Agassi Leaves Better Place Board Over Dispute With Parent Company

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

Shai Agassi Fired from Better Place Electric Car Company

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.

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

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...

Fourteen Percent of Tel Aviv is Biking to Work or School

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...

Abu Dhabi Turns to Natural Gas Green Transport

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...

Tel-Aviv Bike Sharing: Green Prophet Hits the Road (VIDEO)

Two weeks ago Green Prophet decided it was high time to put Tel Aviv's bicycle sharing program to the test, since we are such...

Tel Aviv Bids for Artificial Island International Airport At Sea

Fly into Israel? Land at sea first on this 250 acre platform runway proposed for international flights. There has been talk for a couple...

Tel Aviv Goes on Bike Impounding Rampage

Bikes blocking traffic or crosswalks are being impounded in Tel Aviv. From the first time I visited Tel Aviv more than a decade ago,...

Why white colored cars are a better investment

It keeps the blazing heat back, and white is the best car color for holding value, according to the UK Daily Mail In the market...

How Much Gold Goes into a White Gold Mercedes Sports Coupe?

Is this McLaren SLR Mercedes Sports Coupe Really White Gold? It Must be at US$ 2.5 Million Super luxury sport cars such as solid gold...

Israel’s Better Place Electric Car Network Bleeds Capital

Last month Israel's Better Place rolled out their all-electric vehicle network to the Israeli public with much fanfare. Of the hundreds of civilians that...

Is This Runner Electric Scooter A Poor Man’s Better Place?

Not a thing of beauty, but the Runner will zip you around town at 70 kph - Photo via Haaretz/ David Bachar It's not a...

Better Place Sets Electric Car Record – 1172 Miles in 24 Hours

The 2012 summer Olympics are over but electric car marathons are beginning to heat up.  Israel's Better Place smashed the 24 hour distance record...

Abandoned Jag, BMWs and Mercedes Gather Dust at Abu Dhabi Airport

A fleet of fancy cars are gathering dust in the short-term parking lots at Abu Dhabi airport. The car parks, walking distance from the terminals,...

Teaching Old Planes New Energy Efficiency Landing Tricks

A simple change in operations gives aviation an environmental win-win-win. Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) is an aircraft operating technique in which arriving planes descend in...

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

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