Category Archives: Better Place news
Shai Agassi no longer CEO of Better Place
Will this mean a new start for Better Place? Will this mean that Renault ZOE will come with battery switch? Shai was the right person to start Better Place that is for sure, but as time went by Better Place … Continue reading
Better Place battery switch in Tokyo
Sitting in the back seat of a Better Place Taxi in Tokyo when it does a battery switch: The car drives inside the switch station and gets cleaned underneath with air when it drives in. then it stops and … Continue reading
Better Place to work with Chery on electric cars
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63N1GQ20100424 I am very glad about this announcement. At New Year I predicted that Better Place will announce two more partners in 2010 and that one was a Chinese: http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/what-kind-of-news-will-better-place-break-in-2010/ I if my prediction will come through who will be … Continue reading
Better Place to start battery switchable electric taxi operation
Update 4´th of may: Update 28.th of April: Article from Edmunds.com: http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/04/battery-swap-program-begins-in-tokyo-with-taxi-company-demo.html Update 26.th of April: Pictures from todays event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/btrplc/sets/72157623927307852/show/ And this post also has a video: http://www.betterplace.com/global-progress/japan/ This is Better Places chance to prove what many … Continue reading
Electric vehicles on the Danish market in 2020 – And the economic value of the company Better Place
A group of students at Copenhagen Business School CBS have made this report: “Electric vehicles on the Danish market in 2020 – And the economic value of the company Better Place” Part of the conclution is: “To conclude the market … Continue reading
Better Place opens demo center in Tel Aviv
Better Place opens a demonstration center in Tel Aviv in Israel. I had hoped that the next news was one more automaker that wants to produce a car that can do battery switch in the Batter Place system, but it … Continue reading
What kind of news will Better Place break in 2010?
As I see it Better Place need to introduce at least two more automakers that will produce cars that can battery switch. Now they only have Renault with one car that can battery switch ( http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/test-of-renault-fluence-z-e/ ). I think they … Continue reading
Test of Renault Fluence ZE
I had the pleasure of testing one of the first production models of the Fluence Z.E. in the streets of Copenhagen. It is absolutely the best Electric Vehicles I have tried so far! It feels like a production model … Continue reading
Renault EV and Honda Full Cell test
Exciding week to come: Test of Renault Kangoo EV and Honda fuel cell vehicle FCX Clarity, anything special I shall look for?
The truth about lithium: abundant and recyclable
On Better Place blog there is a discussion about the amount of Lithium there is left in the ground. I was at the http://www.ev-li-ionbatteryforum.com/ 2009 in Shanghai. Here this subject was a big issue. Davis Miller from Talison Minerals in … Continue reading