Transportation

Electric SuperbusTested in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City

The Superbus can carry well-to-do passengers in comfort and speed With the "whish" of a passing Formula 1 race car, and an almost silent "whrr"...

Aloha! Better Place Plans First Commercial Battery Charging Network in Hawaii

Will this Waikiki beach front also include Better Place recharging stations? Better Place, the electric car technology company headquartered in Palo Alto California, and headed...

Formula One Is Going Green. Ish.

Fans of formula one racing claim that energy saving techniques will ruin all the fun because cars won't be as noisy! Just yesterday we reported...

Solar Powered Cars Roll Round the World – and in Palestine

Louis Palmer's Solar Taxi went around the world in 2007 Swiss inventor Louis Palmer had what many referred to as an impossible dream when he...

Travellers Want Trains – What is the Middle East Doing?

Istanbul - a major hub for train travel across the Middle East Survey results published this week reveal that the majority of international travelers would...

Easyecar’s Martin Thomson Says Better Place EV Plan Problematic for Denmark

Denmark's Thomson prefers "freedom of charge" over Better Place's forced charging network When the EV network builder Better Place launched their electric car battery exchange...

Better Place Unveils Its Mammoth Recharging Plan

Shai Agassi unveils his very thorough recharging plan for Better Place EVs. No stranger to Green Prophet, we've been tracking Shai Agassi and Better Place...

Better Place Chosen for Hawaiian Stimulus Funds

Hawaii has just invested $2.6 million in stimulus funds in a public private partnership in electric vehicle infrastructure planned since 2008 to help jump...

Oil-Rich Gulf Invests $106 Billion in Six States of Rail Connections

Can the Gulf states beat dwindling oil supplies while keeping their own people moving? The oil-rich states of the Middle East are planning for their...

Helping Turkish Wildlife Cross the Road

Turkey's Environment & Forestry minister has demanded that the state highway construction agency build "green bridge" crossings for wildlife. Although the country's environmental policy is...

Ride the Electric Abu Dhabi Stretch Limo SuperBus

The midnight blue "electric" Superbus comes fully loaded. Backed by Dow Chemicals, is this another example of westerners catering to the whimsy of oil...

Is Car-Free Living Possible in the Suburbs?

How can eco-friendly transportation be improved in the suburbs? When contemplating whether to live in a city or in the suburbs, most people weigh the...

Better Place Reveals Danish Electric Car Prices

Is the Better Place Renault Fluence  worth EURO 27,500? The highly taxed Danes may think so. As we get closer to spring, we may...

Why Masdar’s Personal Rapid Transport Would Have Been Great

When the PRT plan at Masdar was scrapped, what exactly did we lose? The folks at Singularity Hub offer an interesting analysis of Masdar's PRT...

Green Gas Station Meets Stringent New Dubai Building Code

It's still just where the oil fix is dispensed. But greener. Dubai's first green gas station, that we covered here in January is not...

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