StrangeSights: Miami woman sets electric car record; a runaway ostrich; and, a pygmy hippo’s arrival
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Green and cheap? Doubts dog Lebanon’s first electric car
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Lebanon is launching its first electric car – billed as cheap and green – but sceptics say subsidised power will count for little in a flat economy reliant on fossil fuels and struggling to attract investment into renewable energy. Designed by Lebanon’s EV Electra, the coupe-style ‘Rise’ is the country’s first […]
Dutch adventurer finishes three-year electric car journey in Australia
Reuters Top: Dutch adventurer Wiebe Wakker outside the Burj Al Arab hotel on his electric car journey from the Netherlands to Australia, in Dubai, UAE December, 2016, in this picture obtained from social media; Below – At the finish line in Sydney on 7th April. ALL PICTURES: WIEBE WAKKER/PLUG ME IN PROJECT/via REUTERS As Wiebe […]