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Michigan Looks to Israel to Rev Up Automotive Battery Business

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A DIY Build Your Own Electric Car

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Denmark Set to Spotlight Electric Car Initiative at Global Climate Change Conference

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

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

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

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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...

Hugo Tour Fires Up the "Tour Engine" Between Cycles of Hot and Cold

After 30 years spent servicing Israel's military aircraft, engineer Hugo Tour decided to redesign a car's internal combustion engine to make it twice as...

Israel Railways Teams Up With Better Place To Refuel Electric Car Commuters

 Refueling newly developed electric cars in Israel may be one step closer to being commonplace with an agreement reached between Israel Railways and the...

New Israel Vehicle Green Tax Stiffs Hybrids

A new Israeli government "green tax", scheduled to come into effect next month on new imported cars, is being contested by car importers, and...

Study Says World Driver To Go "Total Electric" By 2030

Although the year 2030 is only some 20 years away, many drivers in developed countries may be driving electric powered cars by then. This...

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