Transportation

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

Karin Kloosterman - September 14, 2022

A Better Place electric car and an on-the-spot loan to drive it from Union Bank, in Israel Want to drive an all electric car...

Transportation

It’s Official- Iran Has The Most Polluted Cities In The World

Arwa Aburawa - September 26, 2011

According to a report by the World Health Organisation, Iranian cities are the world's most polluted with some cities registering air pollution 20 times...

Transportation

Israeli Cyclists From All Over the Country Marked Green Transportation Week

Karen Chernick - September 27, 2011

Israeli bikers are hoping that the new year brings them greater cycling convenience and safety. The Israel Bike Association isn't a quiet or a shy...

Transportation

Electric Skates – the New Urban Mode of Transportation?

Karen Chernick - September 28, 2011

Give up that car and zip around town on... electric skates? Some people just can't or aren't willing to walk or bike, but still may...

Transportation

Car Bodies and Windows As Solar Energy Panels to Recharge Lithium Batteries?

Maurice Picow - August 30, 2011

What would you call solar panels if attached to this Tesla S2 sports coupe: spoilers? One of the more challenging aspects of developing electrics is...

Transportation

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

Karen Chernick - August 23, 2011

Better Place launches another brand new business in Israel - used electric car sales. Better Place, the company bringing an electric car infrastructure to Israel,...

Transportation

World’s First Manual Gear Hybrid Introduced to Turkish Market

Julia Harte - August 22, 2011

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...

Transportation

Will GM’s Green Cadillac Sell in the UAE?

Maurice Picow - August 21, 2011

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...

Transportation

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

Maurice Picow - August 11, 2011

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...

Tech

Renewable-Energy Cars Heat Up in Turkey

Julia Harte - July 23, 2011

Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergün test-drives a solar-powered car at a solar vehicle competition in the Turkish city of Izmir. A strange array of...

Transportation

Danish Council Rejects Blue Better Place Chargers

Tafline Laylin - July 18, 2011

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...

Business

GP Exclusive Interview: Turkey Beginning to Lay Infrastructure for Hydrogen Economy

Julia Harte - July 1, 2011

Hydrogen-fueled vehicles and power systems could be feasible in Turkey by 2020, says Mustafa Hatipoğlu, managing director of the UN's International Centre for Hydrogen...

Transportation

Better Place Inaugurates First Battery Swap in Denmark

Susan Kraemer - June 30, 2011

Denmark is the newest country to get Israeli innovator Shai Agassi’s battery-switching stations. The first of 20 long-planned Better Place battery swap stations slated...

Cities