Transportation

GM's Volt Versus the Renault-Nissan Electric "Better Place" Edition

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Haifa University Study Generates a Profile of the Israeli Cyclist

A new study profiles the average Israeli cyclist. If you've read the title, looked at the picture, and are either excited or worried that...

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Copying the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program in the United States, the Israeli government has announced its own plan to get polluting gas...

From the Eyes of an Open-minded “Green” Tourist: Transportation in Jordan

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Michigan Looks to Israel to Rev Up Automotive Battery Business

Automotive companies in Michigan are looking to Israeli battery and electric car innovators, like Better Place, to help revive their ailing car industry. Michigan meet...

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For 25 years Denmark has supported the adoption of electric vehicles by excluding them from the hefty 200% tax levied on new cars. However, due...

Press To Test Better Place Electric Cars At Copenhagen

Want to test drive Better Place's electric car at climate event of the year? The biggest international green event of the year is happening from...

ETV Motors Makes Jet Turbine Engine to Recharge Battery Packs in Electric Cars

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Totally "Ungreen" Environment Monstrosities In The Sky – Then and Now

Hughes' Spruce Goose and the 1933 Soviet Kalilin K7 (above) are some flying ungreen monsters from the past. Green Prophet was at the last Paris...

Make Use of the Commute With Some Scientific Training On The Train

I am one of those people who has set up her life to spend as little of it as possible commuting. I grew up with...

International Electric Car Execs Meet in Tel Aviv to "Standardize" Power Sources

The IEC forum meets in Israel to standardize electric car charging stations so electric car owners can fuel up and road trip around the...

An Electric Scooter Market "Gone Wild" May Have Killed Tel Aviv Man Yesterday

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, or in this case, his life: A 42-year-old man, Eyal Kolovich, was killed in...

Israeli Parents Organize "Walking Bus" to Transport Schoolchildren

Groups of parents in the Israeli cities of Kiryat Ono, Raanana and elsewhere have organized "walking schoolbuses" to transport children to school in the...

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The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

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