Transportation

Traffic Accidents Increase in the UAE During Ramadan

Linda Gradstein - The Media Line - July 30, 2012

Police say Ramadan and Bad Driving Habits to Blame As the sun starts to go down after the blistering heat of the day, drivers in...

Transportation

Gaza Taxi Driver Builds an Electric Vehicle in Three Days

Tafline Laylin - July 25, 2012

Once Muzer Al-Kasas was able to collect all of the necessary materials, it only took him three days to build a small electric vehicle....

Transportation

Denmark Gets Cycling Superhighway to Copenhagen

Karin Kloosterman - July 19, 2012

It's hard to ignore the lack of infrastructure and safety for cyclists in the Middle East. In Egypt you might get sexually harassed if...

Transportation

Better Place Electric Car Sales Now Open to Public in Israel

Green Prophet - July 17, 2012

After a test trial on about 250 cars Israel's Better Place electric car company has opened its doors to the general public this week....

Transportation

Can Air Con Fumes In Hot Cars Cause Cancer?

Maurice Picow - July 10, 2012

Have you received an email saying your car's air con could kill you? The jury is still out until more scientific evidence comes in. Car...

Transportation

Solar Plane Proves Night Flights Possible – Returns to Spain

Karin Kloosterman - July 9, 2012

It's mission accomplished. The Solar Impulse, the world's longest solar powered flight has landed back home in Madrid, Spain. The flight took 17 hours...

Tech

Test Driving a Better Place Electric Car

Maurice Picow - September 22, 2020

Better Place driving guide Ronit hooks up ZE car after test drive In the six month period since Better Place put its first 100 Renault...

Transportation

Saudi Arabian Bus Ride – Mass Transit or Mass Murder?

Faisal O'Keefe - June 23, 2012

Weird science that this video clip of bus drifting from Saudi Arabia comes to my attention just as I hop off my office bus...

Tech

Solar Impulse Plane Finally Conquers the Atlas Mountains

Tafline Laylin - June 22, 2012

Pilot Andre Borschberg was forced to fly the Solar Impulse back to Rabat when turbulence made it impossible to cross the Atlas Mountains in...

Transportation

All Electric Renault Spotted in Netanya, Israel

Maurice Picow - June 18, 2012

100% electric and driving around Israel: nothing plainer than that! I've seen a Better Place Renault Fluence ZE all electric car in the suburban community of...

Transportation

Dubai to Abu Dhabi Electric Superbus Now Road Legal

Maurice Picow - June 10, 2012

With 23 seats and 16 doors, the all electric Superbus is no ordinary car It's 15 meters long, super luxurious and totally electric powered. It's...

Transportation

World’s First Solar-Powered Transcontinental Flight in Pictures

Tafline Laylin - June 6, 2012

The world watched with bated breath as André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard respectively made their way from Switzerland to Spain and finally to Morocco in the...

Transportation

Morocco to Welcome Solar Impulse Pilots Tonight

Tafline Laylin - June 5, 2012

We would give anything to be in Rabat as the world's first solar-powered transcontinental flight comes to an end at roughly 11pm local time....

Transportation

Jet Fuel from Carbon Dioxide – New Science Project in Israel

Green Prophet - June 5, 2012

More clean tech innovation from Israel? Researchers Prof. Moti Herskowitz and Prof. Miron Landau from Ben Gurion University in Israel were recently awarded a...

Transportation