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VIDEO: Better Place battery swapper demonstrated

One minute, 13 seconds. That's how long it took for the whiz-bang battery switcher engineered by Better Place to remove a battery from the undercarriage of its Nissan demonstration SUV and replace it with another. That's faster than either the fastest fast charge or filling it up with regular. You don't even get out of your car! Sweet! The demonstration was part of the official opening of a Better Place exhibit in Yokohama, Japan, as part of a 6-month feasibility study being conducted by the Ministry of the Environment. The Land of the ... Read more →

Better Place battery swapping plan comes under fire Domenick Yoney

Although many share the vision of ubiquitous infrastructure to support future fleets of electric vehicles, the concept of battery swapping, frequently championed by Better Place, doesn't seem to have ...

Better Place to test A123 batteries in American car? Domenick Yoney

A123 Systems may (repeat, may) have lost out on being the initial supplier of Chevy Volt batteries but that doesn't mean they are down and out. In fact, it appears that their lithium-iron-phosphate ...

Better Place's Australia announcement goes live with Seesmic video conversation Sebastian Blanco

Starting right about now (1 pm Pacific time), the folks from Better Place will hop onto the Seesmis video conversation channel and talk about what's new with the Australia announcement. I'll be ...

Better Place moves to Australia Sebastian Blanco

We'll, that didn't take long. The announcement from Better Place about the next country planned for the electric vehicle expansion is here and we're off to Australia. Better Place announced the deal ...

Shai Agassi totally into what France is doing with EVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shai Agassi likes what he's hearing from French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy recently announced a plan to expand sustainable transportation infrastructure in France, including more money for electric vehicles. The founder of Project Better Place - and someone with an apparent inability to find ...

Better Place founder Agassi: Volt will be a "niche product" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

By now many of us around these parts know who Shai Agassi is and what he wants to do. He wants to build a distribution infrastructure of swappable batteries to be used in electric cars with the ultimate goal of making EVs mainstream. The problem is that electric cars remain an expensive ...

Better Place all-electric Renault delayed? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bad news for fans of the Better Place plan - maybe. According to a report on an Israeli business website, Renault executives at a conference in Geneva have said that the electric car bound for Israel, to be franchised by Shai Agassi's Better Place, will be delayed by a year. However, the website ...

BYD getting Israeli partner to compete with Renault and Better Place 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If competition spurs companies to improve the quality of their offerings and the speed with which they innovate, then we may soon expect more from Shai Agassi's Better Place and its partner in Israel, Renault. While BYD already announced they would be selling electric vehicles in Israel earlier ...

Electric Palestinian Peugeot proves popular, but will it bring peace? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Having the family car converted to run on electricity has become a very popular concept in Palestine. Since we told you about the Peugeot prototype, the two men behind the project, Waseem Khazendar and Fayaz Anan, have heard from over 400 folks willing to throw down the $2,500 they say it would ...

Shai Agassi pitches $100 billion plan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

No one could ever accuse Shai Agassi, the man behind electric-car infrastructure company Project Better Place, of not being ambitious. He has been all over the planet making deals with major car makers and various countries. His American discussions have been somewhat more modest though with a city ...

Portugal looking to improve, joins Project Better Place 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Project Better Place is set to expand beyond Israel and Denmark with an agreement for Portugal to join the electric vehicle infrastructure project. Portugese Prime Minister Jose Socrates will soon sign on to the plan that will use electric cars from Renault and Nissan. Part of Project Better Place ...

Nissan partner with Project Better Place in Israel, competitor in Japan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Nissan/Renault has been very helpful to Project Better Place in Israel by offering to supply electric cars that will work with their recharging and battery swapping service, its cooperation with PBP may not be extending to its homeland of Japan. Not only has Nissan undertaken its own ...

Project Better Place "green smoke and mirrors"? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After lots of initial enthusiasm and many deals done, Project Better Place is starting to attract some critics. The most recent fault-finding flak comes from Karin Kloosterman who suggests that PBP is "green smoke and mirrors." In a piece for the Huffington Post....wait a sec., isn't that a website ...

VIDEO: San Francisco mayor in talks with Project Better Place 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've told you all about Shai Agassi's (above left) ambitious Project Better Place and how PBP has plans to create a charging and battery-swapping infrastructure to support fleets of electric cars in Israel, Denmark and possibly Japan. We've also noted not only PBP's deals with Renault to be the ...

Shai Agassi to drive Project Better Place prototype on Sunday in Tel Aviv 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the launching points for Shai Agassi's Project Better Place is in Israel and it looks like the first tangible progress might be demonstrated this weekend. The CEO of PBP is planning to drive a prototype electric car that is being developed at around noon on Sunday at the Fairgrounds and ...

Renault says they might build electric car factory in Israel, partner with Project Better Place 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, we told you about rumors of a possible partnership between Renault and Project Better Place. Renault spokesperson, Rochelle Chimenes, confirmed Wednesday that Renault is talking to Project Better Place about a possible partnership and said that a deal could be announced in the first half ...

Israel considering making electric vehicles completely tax free 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, we told you about Project Good Place rumors that included Israel considering tax cuts for electric cars. We now have confirmation from Haaretz, that the "Finance Ministry is considering making electric vehicles completely tax free" or at least lowering certain taxes on electric cars like ...

Is Silicon Valley the Detroit of electric cars? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

San Jose Mercury News asked an interesting question in a recent article: "Silicon Valley is already the capital of the world's high-tech industry. Is it also becoming the Detroit of the electric car industry?" The San Jose Mercury News article includes an interview with Shai Agassi of Project ...

Project Better Place working with Renault, to use fuel cells? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to sources at Globes, the car "at the heart" of Project Better Place's battery exchange network, will be Renault's Megane equipped with fuel cells. Carasso Auto Importers Ltd. will provide technical support and services and Carasso may trial Renault's Kangoo (an electric van sold in ...

Video of Project Better Place's battery exchange system 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The above video is a computer simulation of the Project Better Place battery exchange stations and parking lots. It's the same video shown in the background as Shai Agassi, the company's founder and CEO, explained the idea of the company on CNBC yesterday. Project Better Place wants to build a ...

CNBC Video: Project Better Place's EV battery "exchange station" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We told you early this morning about the new electric car company Project Better Place. The founder and CEO, Shai Agassi made an appearance on CNBC 11:35 AM EST and the full video of his interview is available online. The video includes a computer graphic simulation of one of the Project Better ...

BREAKING: $200 M electric car company, Project Better Place, launch video 10 AM Est 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Update: The webcast is delayed until after 1 PM Est. We told you about Ex-SAP head Shai Agassi getting a $200 M investment to create an electric car company in August. Now, that electric car comany has a name , Project Better Place, and it launches in a matter of hours with a video presentation at ...


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