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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Middle East One of the launching points for ShaiAgassi'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 Conference Center in Tel Aviv Israel. Agassi will...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Renault , USA We've told you all about ShaiAgassi'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 first major auto supplier for the scheme but Renault's...
There’s a new frontrunner in the race to produce green cars with Israel emerging as the latest environmental hotspot. In a project led by ShaiAgassi, an Israeli entrepreneur, a joint venture has been established between Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place, a new Silicon Valley company, which will introduce a fully electric prototype of the Renault [...]
If you answered “One of the two yellow Hummers in Israel”, you may not really be interested in the rest of this post. For the rest of us, we could end up driving electric cars within the next 2 years, thanks to ShaiAgassi and Renault. The latest model has been spotted circling around parking lots in Tel Aviv. I wonder who the lucky guy/gal is that gets to test it and is forced to drive...
ShaiAgassi’s electric vehicle infrastructure startup, Project Better Place, may be coming to San Francisco. The company is in talks with Mayor Gavin Newsom about building the infrastructure for a fleet of plug-in cars for the city, including parking meter charging stations and battery replacement stations. Newsom last week traveled to Israel to check [...]
Brin gave particular attention to Israel's work in environmentally friendly transportation. A prototype of the world's first fully electric car was demonstrated for the first time on Sunday in Tel Aviv, by Israeli entrepreneur ShaiAgassi. Developers hope the car will revolutionize transportation in the country and serve as a pilot for the rest of the world. If all goes as planned, Israel...
... do a deal with Project Better Place, it would be the first city in the U.S. to get on board with ShaiAgassi’s electric vehicle infrastructure plan (with three cars, San Francisco currently has one of the largest plug-in hybrid fleets in the country ). This is the first we’ve heard of Project Better Place being in serious discussions stateside; we’ve tried to contact them for comment...
... do a deal with Project Better Place, it would be the first city in the U.S. to get on board with ShaiAgassi’s electric vehicle infrastructure plan (with three cars, San Francisco currently has
one of the largest plug-in hybrid fleets in the country
). This is the first we’ve heard of Project Better Place being in serious discussions stateside; we’ve tried to contact them for comment...
... billion in the swappable-battery electric cars. "This is the cost for a three-year car program," ShaiAgassi, the founder and chief executive of California-based Project Better Place, said on the sidelines of a news conference to introduce the electric car prototype. Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Better Place in January to begin mass producing electric cars as a part of a...
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The head of an Israeli-backed electric car project estimated on Sunday that its partner, the Renault-Nissan alliance, would likely invest $500 million to $1 billion in the swappable-battery electric cars. "This is the cost for a three-year car program," ShaiAgassi, the founder and chief executive of California-based Project Better Place, said on the sidelines of...
... 125 miles. The company plans to have several hundred EVs on the road in Israel within a year. ShaiAgassi, who founded Project Better Place after leaving software giant SAP, says the start-up plans to use solar energy generated in the Negev Desert to power the vehicles. Project Better Place has raised $200 million to finance the project, and the Israeli government has promised big...
This Green Prophet is a little skeptical about ShaiAgassi’s electric car and bold claims, but she is impressed by the range of companies in the portfolio of Israel Cleantech Ventures (IVC) Consider companies such as Aqwise for cleaning municipal sewage using bacteria, plastic beads and a special aeration system; or Metrolight, a company that has created a new breed of electronic ballasts...
"This is the cost for a three-year car programme," ShaiAgassi, the founder and chief executive of California-based Project Better Place, said on the sidelines of a news conference to introduce the electric car prototype.
... Shimon Peres at last year’s Davos economic summit and heard of the infrastructure proposals of ShaiAgassi, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who runs an initiative called Project Better Place. Having no oil and being a small country where typical car journeys are short, Israel is regarded as an ideal testing ground for electric cars. The infrastructure will be in place by 2011 and,...
... eight seconds and that the engine remains almost inaudible even at high speeds. A project led by ShaiAgassi, an entrepreneur, aims to put Israel at the forefront of green motoring. The venture between Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place, a new Silicon Valley company, aims to introduce the car on to Israel's streets in large numbers by 2010. Critics say that a battery range of...
