Better Place Rolls Out Electric Car Battery Switching Concept in Israel
One of the major obstacles standing in the way of widespread adoption of electric vehicles is the limited range offered by current battery technology. Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place, has an approach that may be gaining some traction. Better ...
Shai Agassi’s Vision for Electric Car Infrastructure
Shai Agassi, the founder of Better Place, has come up with a strategy for building infrastructure that he believes will solve the problem of range. Mr. Agassi's strategy is one that has been discussed here in the past. Better Place ...
Better Place Unveils Automated Battery Exchange Technology
The Wall Street Journal reports that Better Place Inc. has demonstrated its battery exchange technology for the first time in Yokohama, Japan. The company has posted a video demonstration of the process in which a specially designed electric car has ...
Electric Car Initiatives Heat Up
Despite gasoline prices that have fallen precipitously since the record high levels of mid 2008, it appears that interest in electric cars is still alive and well. In fact, efforts to come up with viable technologies could be accelerating. This ...