Transportation

How Do You Solve Traffic Congestion in Cairo? With Helicopters Taxis, Apparently

Arwa Aburawa - December 27, 2010

Desperation and an entrenched car-culture is pushing Cairenes towards outlandish solutions to their hellish traffic congestion In the bursting-at-the-seams megacity of Cairo, it seems that...

Transportation

Poison at the Pump: Israel Gas Stations Major Groundwater Polluters

Maurice Picow - December 21, 2010

OECD lays down the law: Israeli gas stations still causing pollution, despite efforts to improve. Above: seaside gas station in Tel Aviv. Petroleum and the...

Transportation

Chevy Volt Hybrids Made From BP Spill Oil Booms

Maurice Picow - December 21, 2010

Oil booms and other rubber and plastic wastes are now becoming car parts The recent 5 month oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico...

Transportation

The UAE Gets Its First Carbon Neutral Bus. Maybe?

Tafline Laylin - December 17, 2010

A UAE facilities management company and a Swiss non-profit have teamed up to create the UAE's first carbon-neutral bus. Just this week we learned...

Transportation

New Chevy Volts Already Rolling Into Dealerships

Maurice Picow - December 15, 2010

The Volt is already "charging" towards customers, and hopefully success Finally, after months of speculation, marketing hoopla, and just plain old media hype, the first...

Transportation

An Insider’s Experience of Exploring Beirut by Bike

Karen Chernick - December 13, 2010

What it's really like to explore Beirut (and especially the new Waterfront District) by bike. Lebanon - and Beirut in particular - have been making...

Tech

ETV’s Micro Turbine Battery Charger A Game Changer for EVs?

Maurice Picow - December 12, 2010

ETV's micro- turbine device to extend the range of the battery cell packs to up to twice the present driving range of 130 -160...

Tech

Israeli Electric Cars on the Fast Track – Says Company’s Power Supplier

Maurice Picow - November 30, 2010

This guy (Maurice) will have to wait till 2012 to have an electric car Contrary to reservations being made about the Better Place...

Business

Critics Fear Better Place Is “Charging” A Monopoly

Maurice Picow - November 22, 2010

EV's phone home: While charging EV's at home are most convenient, the Israeli EV company is going for a monopoly - making customers charge...

Transportation

13 “Better Place” Cars Hit the Streets of Israel To Test “Charge”

Karin Kloosterman - November 15, 2010

With all the hype, 13 Better Place EV cars are finally being imported in Israel to test charge spots. They are being tested as...

Transportation

Will This Year’s Hajj Pilgrimage be Greener Than Ever?

Maurice Picow - November 15, 2010

Even with the completion of the "Mekkah Metro" scenes like this are bound to continue during the Hajj for years to come. As the 2010...

Transportation

Ungreen News: Israeli PM Travels in Million-Dollar Armored Audi

Maurice Picow - November 3, 2010

A green choice? Fit for a Mexican drug lord, with cigar moistener, the outside view of the Israeli PM's new Audi A-8 Security. Worth...

Transportation

San Francisco Taxis Make The Switch To Better Place Electric Vehicles

Tafline Laylin - October 31, 2010

San Francisco plans to join the EV fray with an electrified taxi fleet. In the short-term, electric vehicles (EVs) aren't so sustainable. Although they...

Transportation