Transportation

Rapid Electric Car Charger Comes to Masdar City

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...

Rare Earth Metals Limits Clean Technology’s Future

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...

BioThink: Iranian Hybrid Vehicle Powered by Magnets and Sun

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...

Qatar Foundation Site to Go Car-Free With Siemens Trams

Public transportation is not popular among the Gulf elite who can easily afford the expense of fueling their own cars. And for many, global...

Traffic Accidents Increase in the UAE During Ramadan

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...

Gaza Taxi Driver Builds an Electric Vehicle in Three Days

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....

Denmark Gets Cycling Superhighway to Copenhagen

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Better Place Electric Car Sales Now Open to Public in Israel

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....

Can Air Con Fumes In Hot Cars Cause Cancer?

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...

Solar Plane Proves Night Flights Possible – Returns to Spain

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...

Test Driving a Better Place Electric Car

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...

Saudi Arabian Bus Ride – Mass Transit or Mass Murder?

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

Solar Impulse Plane Finally Conquers the Atlas Mountains

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

All Electric Renault Spotted in Netanya, Israel

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...

Dubai to Abu Dhabi Electric Superbus Now Road Legal

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...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

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