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Shai Agassi says EVs will be cheaper than ICE cars... sort of

We are all familiar with the technical issues facing the developers of electric cars, namely energy density and durability. However, the biggest problem likely to affect the mainstream adoption of EVs is cost. In many respects EVs, are mechanically simpler than ICE cars and should be cheaper to build. However, batteries are not cheap, especially lithium ion, and it's not clear when the price will come down. Shai Agassi is betting the farm on widespread use of electric transportation by building networks of charging stations and battery ... Read more →

Shai Agassi to Australian car industry: become the Saudi Arabia of plug-in cars Sebastian Blanco

Better Place head Shai Agassi told the Australian car industry that it is looking at "certain extinction" unless it moves towards plug-in vehicles. Never one to let a good quote go by as he tours ...

Toyota's Bill Reinert lets loose on ethanol, li-ion batteries, plug-in vehicles Sebastian Blanco

Toyota's Bill Reinert should be better known. With so many quotable statements coming from GM's Bob Lutz and Tesla Motor's Elon Musk, perhaps Reinert, Toyota Motor Sales' national manager or the ...

Shai Agassi: Hope for the electric car rests on China's shoulders Jeremy Korzeniewski

"Our goal is not to build a car company," says Better Place CEO Shai Agassi, "Our goal is to end oil." That would be quite an accomplishment, and it's going to take cooperation between the ...

Shai Agassi talks about Better Place, $20,000 EV, batteries extra Sam Abuelsamid

Shai Agassi has big ideas when it comes to electric cars. He wants to build networks of public charging outlets and battery swap stations. He also wants to sell electric cars with a battery ...

Project Better Place using AC Propulsion drivetrain, Renault Megane mules 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

CBS has posted a short video feature on Better Place and, while the overall information won't be new to any of our regular readers, there are a few things for the hardcore to look for. First, in the opening seconds, you can see the dashboard screen read "AC Propulsion." So, that pretty much ...

Will Israeli military be a Better Place? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Better Place may be getting a helpful boost as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are considering installing the company's infrastructure to charge future electric jeeps and troop carriers, as well as civilian cars. Better Place has close ties with the Jewish state and the CEO of its Israeli chapter, ...

Why is Better Place's Shai Agassi not being more straightforward with WaPo? 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Shai Agassi wants to address the infrastructure side of the electric car problem. While electric cars can nominally be "fueled" by any electrical outlet, the fact is accessible outlets don't necessarily exist where most electric cars will be used in the near to mid-term. Batteries as they exist ...

Hawaii becomes a "Better Place" 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's hard to image a more beautiful place than Hawaii. But Shai Agassi and Linda Lingle want to make it a "Better Place." The volcanic archipelago is one of the most remote populated places on the planet, sitting out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That means that almost anything except the ...

Michigan governor meets with Shai Agassi and Better Place in Israel 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Michigan's Governor, Jennifer Granholm, is currently on an overseas trip to try and boost Michigan's economy. It's a trip she's cut in half from its scheduled length because of the automaker bailout discussion here in America. Still, while she was in Israel, Granholm took a peek at the Better ...

Thinking about Better Place's free car strategy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Better Place's Shai Agassi is all over the map, and I don't mean because his company is talking about unleashing electric cars in Australia, Israel, Denmark and other places. Back in October, he claimed that the Chevy Volt would be a "niche product." Whatever accuracy that statement has, it ...

What country will be the next Better Place? We find out this week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Better Place CEO Shai Agassi gave a speech in San Francisco trying to sell his EV ideas. The Bay Area is one place that Agassi's battery-swapping electric vehicle company wants to make, well, better. So far, Israel and Denmark have officially signed up for the program, but SF can join ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...


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