Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering ranks eighth in eco-friendly car competition

The Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, ranked eighth in the international competition for eco-friendly cars held in the Philippines from 6 to 9 February 2014. Egypt participated in the competetion with two teams from the Universities of Cairo and Ain Shams. The race depended on energy-saving and high- efficiency cars manufactured by students from different …

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Electric Scooter

Some people have been keeping their eyes out  for a new electric scooter or motorbike to use when they need to get somewhere fast or a little further away. Most of the Scooters or Motorcycles which use electric motors, cost a small fortune and can’t even go much further than the electric bike. That is …

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The Latest Form Of Green Transport

It may look like the most dangerous motorbike in the world but this new invention is actually the latest form of green transport. The electric Uno is the brainchild of 18-year-old Canadian Ben Gulak who spent several years developing the bike, which is controlled entirely by body movements. The machine actually has two wheels, side-by-side, …

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Fuel Cells Versus Batteries

Electric cars of some kind are likely to be the vehicle of any workable green, environmentally sustainable future. The question is only what kind of electric car will reside behind future garage doors. Currently, the electric-vehicle market is dominated by battery-powered electrics and plug-in hybrids (which are actually battery-electric cars capable of switching over to …

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Air Freight – One of the Most Important Innovations of the last Century

Global trading has been a part of human life since people began to travel across continents and oceans but in the last century it became even more integral in terms of the world economy.

The invention of the aeroplane was a major turning point for man’s development and as soon as commercial planes were flying the potential for trade utilising air freight was realised.

Since the 1930’s people have been transporting goods overseas using aeroplanes and today the air freight industry is worth billions of dollars.

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How Green Can Car Rentals Be?

The amount of Americans who own cars is staggering. Up to 95% of Americans own vehicles, there are on average 2.28 vehicles per household, and American cars burn more fuel than the cars in any other nation. While public transportation options are getting better, Americans are still completely reliable on personal cars for both business …

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Network Rail Saves £40 million with ‘Bright Ideas’ Innovation

Network rail have announced that their newly introduced ‘Bright Ideas’ portal and could already have saved the conglomerate more than £40 million. Although it was only launched in March of this year the portal has received more than 200 submissions of ideas to improve rail services and rail safety. Some of the new proposals are …

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