Transportation

Honda’s U3-X Electric Unicycle Could Outrace the Dying Segway, Sideways

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Maurice Test Drives The Better Place Electric Car: "Like a Dragster"

Maurice charges a Renault Fluence: He'll have a bit of a wait 'till he owns one. As a Green Prophet contributer, I decided that...

Tamar Natural Gas Needs Fuel to Power Better Place Cars

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A New "Chery" On Top For Better Place's Electric Car Infrastructure?

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Lebanon To Waive Taxes on Hybrid Cars

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Jordanian Airspace to Get Tourism Boost With Royal Jordanian Partnership Deal

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GreenRoad Saves Lives and Fuel (& Why Branson and Gore Invested in Them)

In terms of green investment, they've got the perfect track record: Richard Branson's Virgin Green Ventures has invested in the fuel-saving tech of GreenRoad....

Turning Another Nissan Leaf in the Middle East

The Leaf won't be sprouting its electric engines soon in the Middle East, says Nissan CEO. Nissan's new Leaf electric car model may be...

The Middle East Will Remain "LEAF" – Less as Nissan Puts Electric Car Efforts Elsewhere

Nissan's all-electric LEAF gives a run for Volt's and Better Place's money. Nissan has no plans, however, to target infrastructure-poor Middle East. The battle...

Get a Ride and Reduce Carbon Emissions with Egypt Carpoolers

If you've ever braved the streets of Cairo, you know that every time you cross the street there as a pedestrian an adventure is...

Abu Dhabi’s Solid Gold Biofuel Mercedes

Are the United Arab Emirate states being over-the-top extravagant when purchasing super luxury cars? Word has it that an Abu Dhabi billionaire is the proud owner of a Mercedes V10 Quad Turbo sports job that has a body made of white gold!

Israeli Start-up GreenRoad Technologies Gets Boost from Al Gore

Image of Al Gore via BusinessWeek Former US Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management cleantech fund led a $10 million...

Going On A Test Drive With the Better Place "Renault Fluence" Electric Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnoliGpUtNg&feature=player_embedded Green Prophet's Karin was at the Better Place public education facility opening in Israel a couple of Sunday's ago, where she met Sara from...

Better Place Launches Test Drive and Electric Car Education Facility in Israel

Karin attends Better Place press conference as company launches its electric car testing facility for the public, in Israel. The sun's in her eyes...

Better Place Electric Car Gets Investment Fuel of $350 Million Led by HBSC

Better Place's financial batteries get "supersharged" with a massive $350 million investment. If you've been following clean tech news, you'll know that Shai Agassi's Better Place...

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The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

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