Dubi Ben-Gedalyahu

New car deliveries fell only slightly in the first half of 2019 but can be expected to plunge in the second half.

The idea is right: carmakers, including those that gave Better Place a chilly reception, are investing serious capital in long-term plans to develop electric cars.

Transport Minister Yisrael Katz's Facebook posts about his reprimand of Ford and US Embassy officials have vanished.

Junction cameras mainly catch vehicles going through on green, just too fast -but are they lucrative!

Malam Team will receive NIS 335 million for the project, and NIS 22 million a year in operating fees - NIS 400,000 per camera per year.

The Finance Ministry knows the numbers very well, and it knows that 1% increase in the purchase tax on cars is worth NIS 125 million a year in revenues.

The electric vehicle company underestimated the power of the leasing companies.

The only thing that can get Better Place moving is government intervention.

The government and government companies have not yet bought even one electric car for use by their employees.

Better Place's ability to break the Israeli sales barrier depends on its ability to bypass the leasing companies.

We don't know whether Shai Agassi went or was pushed, but he certainly chose a difficult proving ground for his electric car vision.

The Ministry of Finance is penalizing smaller cars, while the big gas guzzlers are untouched.

The entry of Mercedes into the accessible price bracket this week turns the luxury market into a battleground.

Ministers face a tough choice over their official car - to go with their hearts, or their political heads.

This month, for the first time, the electric car became an option for recipients of company cars in Israel.