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A charging station for electric cars at Ishpro Center in Modiin, central Israel, August 12, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 10, 2026, 7:31 am
Electric car adoption will continue to slide without urgent support, Energy Ministry says
With plug-in hybrid sales outstripping EVs, officials call on government to incentivize chargers in residential buildings, mandate EV imports, create long-term tax certainty
By Sue Surkes
A man recharges his electric car at a charging station in Katzrin in the Golan Heights, January 21, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 4:22 pm
Knesset committee rejects Treasury bid to hike electric vehicle purchase tax to 52%
In January this year, the tax rose from 35% to 45%, resulting in a sharp drop in EV purchases, according to the Energy Ministry
By Sue Surkes
Thomas, the BaTTeRi company's mobile EV charger. (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 29, 2024, 7:28 am
Israeli contest sees investors grab energy tech startups for pilot projects
Innovations at ‘Spark Tank’ event include a robot that charges electric vehicles, and V-shaped solar panel roofs that channel rain onto crops while producing power
By Sue Surkes
A Renault electric car recharges at a charging station in Ramat Hasharon. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
December 20, 2023, 8:31 pm
Car prices set to rise due to higher purchase tax, Houthi attacks, strong dollar
Transportation, energy and environmental protection ministries warn that rise in purchase tax for electric cars will hamper Israel’s efforts to cut emissions
By Sue Surkes
Passengers try to figure out why a Waymo driverless taxi won't move while traffic backs up behind it in San Francisco, February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
August 28, 2023, 6:31 am
Can you roll on Shabbos? San Francisco rabbis on the robotaxis flooding city streets
New technology is taking us into uncharted territory in Jewish law – but opinions are mixed on whether added mobility will bring communities closer or drive them apart
By Maya Mirsky
Illustrative. Charging an electric car. (Scharfsinn86 via iStock by Getty Images)
July 28, 2023, 6:48 am
Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, still divided on driving
Just 10 members of the movement’s 25-rabbi Committee on Jewish Law and Standards were in favor and 6 voted against, 5 rabbis abstained, 4 did not attend
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An illustrative image showing an electric car charging while in motion using wireless charging infrastructure tech by Electreon. (Electreon)
May 26, 2023, 6:40 am
1,200 miles: Israeli startup Electreon sets record for longest drive by electric car
Vehicle travels for over 100 hours nonstop using wireless charging technology, company says
By ToI Staff
Likud's Miri Regev at a ceremony at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 2, 2023, 5:57 pm
Regev: I’ll weigh scrapping highway public transportation lanes, congestion fee plan
Transportation minister says she’ll also cancel electric vehicle tax, push regulations to stop children being forgotten in cars: ‘I didn’t come here to apologize, I came to govern’
By ToI Staff
Solar panels on the roof of a private home, August 13 , 2009. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90)
October 24, 2022, 11:14 am
Two pre-election surveys suggest politicians lag behind public on green awareness
While most political parties dodge or ignore environmental questions, citizens say they would install solar panels, buy electric cars and take the bus, if government gave subsidies
By Sue Surkes
The Zooz power booster for electric vehicles. (Screenshot/Zooz)
September 1, 2022, 3:08 pm
Israeli systems that charge electric vehicles in 15 minutes to deploy in Europe, US
Zooz Power’s system, based on kinetic flywheel technology, aims to serve areas with poor electrical grid provision, as world transitions to EVs
By Sue Surkes
A woman takes out an aid package from an electric car owned by the Jewish Federations of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 1, 2022. (Courtesy of the Jewish Federations of Ukraine/ via JTA)
August 13, 2022, 9:37 am
In Ukraine, Jewish charity buys 40 electric cars as fuel crisis hinders aid delivery
As costs of food, medicine and gasoline rise along with the number of recipients who require them, humanitarian groups maximize efficiency ahead of what they see as a long haul
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A car drives around the Arena of the Future, a demonstration electric charging road created in Brescia, northern Italy, by Israeli startup Electreon. (Electreon)
June 16, 2022, 4:50 am
Israeli startup on track for ‘recharging roads’ project at Italy’s Bergamo Airport
Electreon demonstrates a prototype stretch of road to Italian ministers, company executives; luxury car firm Maserati expresses interest in installing tech too
By Sue Surkes
A long row of unsold 2021 Model 3 sedans sits at a Tesla dealership, December 27, 2020, in Littleton, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
February 2, 2021, 1:26 pm
Tesla launches electric car sales in Israel, unveils lower-than-expected prices
US carmaker says it will soon have its first sales agency in Jewish state
By ToI Staff
An illustration of a City Transformer vehicle (Courtesy)
January 25, 2021, 6:41 am
Israel’s incredible shrinking car heads to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
City Transformer’s shape-shifting CT-1 car can narrow its wheelbase for parking; company hopes to gain European certification
By ToI Staff
A Volkswagen electric car is plugged in at a power station in Berlin on February 2, 2016. (AFP / TOBIAS SCHWARZ)
January 19, 2021, 3:03 pm
Revving up electric car industry, Israeli firm develops 5-minute-charge battery
Herzliya-based startup StoreDot unveils solution for main obstacle to widespread use of electric vehicles, but it requires major upgrades to charging stations
By ToI Staff
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