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Shai Agassi totally into what France is doing with EVs

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 a media outlet he doesn't like - said that France's move accelerates "the inevitable electrification of the automobile" (see also: Johnson Controls). In France, Project Better Place will work with Renault, EDF (yes, that EDF) to develop a ... Read more →

Hawaii Governor reports talks with Better Place Alex Nunez

On a local radio show, Hawaii's Governor Linda Lingle said the state is in discussions with Project Better Place. The California-based startup, in partnership with Renault, has already announced its ...

Renault's electric car debuts in Tel Aviv Marc Geller

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Renault_s_electric_car_debuts_in_Tel_Aviv'; It could be the quickest vehicle to go from concept to a public, drivable prototype in automotive history. As ...

Shai Agassi to drive Project Better Place prototype on Sunday in Tel Aviv Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Renault talking to Arabs, too, about electric cars Marc Geller

Renault-Nissan's plans to build electric cars is looking more serious by the day. Nissan has announced its intention to build an electric car for Japan and the U.S., and said so in its presentation to ...

Deutsche Bank analysts say electric cars viable 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Deutsche Bank analysts took a serious look at the proposal of Project Better Place for electric cars in Israel and Denmark and came away impressed with its viability. The researchers returned to Germany believing that the Better Place idea would work not only in small countries with extremely high ...

Officially official: Better Place Denmark is born 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday we told you of the impending announcement of a deal involving Denmark and Project Better Place. Now that it has been made official, we have the details of the agreement straight off the Project Better Place website. Basically what we have here is the first date, in the form of a letter ...

Denmark to launch Project Better Place pilot program 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As our faithful readers are aware, we reported last November that the government of Denmark has been talking with Project Better Place about the possibility of setting up an electric car program along with a charging station network. Now comes word of the impending official announcement of the ...

VIDEO: Shai Agassi's speech on the future of electric cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Project Better Place, gave an amazing speech at a New Democrat Network meeting recently. Want to know how Agassi's idea for electric cars got $200 million -- the "largest seed round of any venture in history?" Then you have to check out his speech below the fold ...

Firms Chosen in Israel to Develop "Better Place" Chargers 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Look, more signs that Project Better Place is taking root in Israel. Two companies have been chosen to implement the charging infrastructure designed by Better Place. Aran Research and Development Ltd. and Nekuda DM Ltd will develop and install the first of an intended 500,000 charging sites in ...

Project Better Place coming to Japan? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Globes reports Project Better Place's CEO Shai Agassi is in Japan looking for partners to bring Project Better Place to the Asian country. Shai has nothing official to say just yet but he does tell Globes that there is a great chance of success in Japan because it's a "transportation island." ...

Notes from Project Better Place+Renault press conference 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I wrote about the Project Better Place+Renault press conference. Here are some interesting details from the two webcasts titled Press Conference and Media Q&A and linked to from the Project Better Place website. Renault-Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn says the cars will have a maximum price ...

It's official! Project Better Place, Renault signs deal to bring electric cars to Israel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told you there would be news today of a Project Better Place+Renault deal for electric cars and sure enough, here it is. The Project Better Place website has updated with new images and information. There is a press release about the deal that says "electric vehicles will be available for ...

Project Better Place+Renault deal grabs more headlines 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an interview with the Renault and Nissan (Renault has a 44.3% equity stake in Nissan) CEO, Carlos Ghosn by the Wall Street Journal. Ghosn says electric cars are 3-5 years away from "mass marketization," i.e that's when electric cars will make economic sense. The Wall Street ...

Update: Project Better Place+Renault's electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I told you about a news report with the debut of the Project Better Place+Renault electric car. If you had problems seeing the video at the news site, try watching the Dailymotion video above. We got translations from several of our readers (Thanks again to Emil and Vadim) and Le Blog ...

First pictures and video of Project Better Place+Renault's electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I wrote about a TV news report on Project Better Place's first electric car. Le Blog Auto found a video of the report online and you can watch it here. The 10-minute video includes a ride along in the Project Better Place+Renault electric car, a look under the hood and even a short race ...

BREAKING: Project Better Place's electric car debuts, deal with Renault confirmed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Haaretz is reporting that Project Better Place, a company hoping to offer a network of battery exchange stations for electric cars, has unveiled its first electric car. Shai Agassi, the company's founder and CEO, even raced the Project Better Place electric car against a gas car. According to ...

Rumors become expectations: Renault CEO to arrive in Israel for electric car project presentation 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Globes, one of Israel's leading economic publications, has announced that Carlos Ghosn (Renault President and CEO) is expected to go to Israel for the dedication ceremony for Project Better Place on January 21st. This project by Shay Agassi is the famous Israeli EV venture we've been speaking about ...

Shai Agassi: Israel will have 100,000 electric cars in 2 years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Update: The Globes article has been removed and Shai has posted an entry to his blog denying this rumor. Globes is reporting that Shai Agassi, Project Better Place CEO, said Israel will have 100,000 electric cars by 2010. Shai said this at an annual Ministry of Finance budget department meeting ...

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 ...


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