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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...

Lifestyle

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

Tafline Laylin - February 21, 2013

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...

Transportation

Tel Aviv Bids for Artificial Island International Airport At Sea

Karin Kloosterman - September 11, 2012

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

Transportation

Tel Aviv Goes on Bike Impounding Rampage

Karin Kloosterman - September 7, 2012

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

Transportation

Why white colored cars are a better investment

Maurice Picow - September 2, 2020

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...

Transportation

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

Maurice Picow - August 31, 2012

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...

Transportation

Israel’s Better Place Electric Car Network Bleeds Capital

Karin Kloosterman - August 30, 2012

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...

Transportation

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

Maurice Picow - August 21, 2012

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...

Transportation

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

Brian Nitz - August 21, 2012

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...

Transportation

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

Faisal O'Keefe - August 20, 2012

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,...

Transportation

Teaching Old Planes New Energy Efficiency Landing Tricks

Faisal O'Keefe - August 14, 2012

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...

Transportation

Rapid Electric Car Charger Comes to Masdar City

Brian Nitz - August 13, 2012

The Abu Dhabi government in cooperation with Mitsubishi industries has opened the region's first rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The station is located in...

Business

Rare Earth Metals Limits Clean Technology’s Future

Linda Pappagallo - November 29, 2012

If you think renewable energies will become an increasingly cheaper alternative to petrol - think again now that there's peak minerals. As the world moves...

Transportation

BioThink: Iranian Hybrid Vehicle Powered by Magnets and Sun

Tafline Laylin - August 7, 2012

A hybrid energy source comprised of solar energy and magnets fuel this futuristic car. Fuel-guzzling, monochromatic sedans will be a thing of the past if...

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