Transportation

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Iran’s Solar Car Competes in Australia (But Japan Wins)

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An Electric Car and a Loan at the Better Place Showroom in Israel

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Electric Skates – the New Urban Mode of Transportation?

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Better Place Announces First Trade-In Agreement for Electric Cars in Israel

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World’s First Manual Gear Hybrid Introduced to Turkish Market

One and a half years after the Japanese launch of the Honda CR-Z, the world's first manual hybrid, it has come to Turkey, where...

Will GM’s Green Cadillac Sell in the UAE?

Sleek, green and probably expensive; GM's extended range ELR will soon be coming off assembly lines The love for expensive and unique cars in many...

Better Place Denmark Hopes to Get Electric Car Venture (Finally) Going in October

Denmark's Better Place commercial launch may finally take place - in October Better Place's electric car project in Denmark will finally get going in that...

Renewable-Energy Cars Heat Up in Turkey

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Danish Council Rejects Blue Better Place Chargers

A municipal council in Denmark has rejected Better Place's blue and gray electric vehicle chargers! If powered renewably, Better Place electric vehicles can significantly reduce...

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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.

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