http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/12/shai-agassis-project-better-place-to-seal-a-deal-with-japan/ A sustainable news site on the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/12/shai-agassis-project-better-place-to-seal-a-deal-with-japan/#comment-1662 A New “Chery” On Top For Better Place’s Electric Car Infrastructure? | Green Prophet Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:59:59 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=5154#comment-1662 [...] The tiny nation of Israel is stoked, because it could be the first nation in the world to adopt a fully electric car for the mass market. Its high standard of living, rising fuel prices, and small area make it a perfect pilot site for the Better Place idea – a highly networked grid of charge stations and battery replacement depots to make driving the electric car convenient. Unlike petrol-fueled cars as we know, electric cars can take hours to refuel. That’s why Better Place has developed a quick battery replacement depot, to avoid the wait. The depot was debuted in Japan last year. [...] [...] The tiny nation of Israel is stoked, because it could be the first nation in the world to adopt a fully electric car for the mass market. Its high standard of living, rising fuel prices, and small area make it a perfect pilot site for the Better Place idea – a highly networked grid of charge stations and battery replacement depots to make driving the electric car convenient. Unlike petrol-fueled cars as we know, electric cars can take hours to refuel. That’s why Better Place has developed a quick battery replacement depot, to avoid the wait. The depot was debuted in Japan last year. [...]

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