Battery Swapping

One Year With Better Place: Electric-Car Driver's Report

Today marks my first anniversary driving a Better Place Renault Fluence ZE battery-electric car. So it seemed appropriate to summarize my experience to date with the Better Place service, which has had some challenges but is still very much in operation. I paid around $45,000 upfront for my car and...

May 21, 2013 by Brian of London 4

Is Tesla About To Offer Battery-Pack Swapping For Model S?

May 14, 2013 44

Renault Fluence ZE To Be Only Battery-Swap Car; One For The Books?

May 6, 2013 7

Electric-Car Battery Swapping, Slovakian Style (Well, Vans, Anyway)

May 4, 2013 4

Third Better Place CEO In Four Months Departs

Better Place, the battery-swapping network operating in Israel and Denmark, didn't have an easy 2012, and 2013 is looking little better. Indeed, Reuters now confirms the... January 17, 2013 by Antony Ingram 8

Coda, Better Place Team Up To Make SF Electric Taxi Fleet

Back in 2010, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was awarded a $7 million regional grant to oversee a fleet of 61 electric taxi cabs, complete with four... October 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1

Renault Fluence ZE electric cars in Israel, provided by Better Place [photo: Better Place]

Shai Agassi Out As CEO Of Better Place Electric-Car Service

Shai Agassi, founder of Better Place, which provides electric-car services to customers in Israel, is no longer CEO of the company, the firm has confirmed. In an official... October 2, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 8

Electric-Car Distance Record: 1,172 Miles In 24 Hours (With Battery Switching)

What can be done to dispel the assertion that the relatively short range of electric cars isn't suitable for most drivers? Well, you can either drive around in one yourself... August 15, 2012 by Antony Ingram 10

Nissan battery-switch prototype development vehicles, Better Place, Palo Alto, CA, July 2012

Better Place Parking Lot: Ideas For Nissan Rogue Test Mules?

Sometimes you see remarkable cars in corporate parking lots. This photo, for instance, sent to us by a reader who prefers to remain anonymous, shows five Nissan compact... July 31, 2012 by John Voelcker 3

2012 Renault Fluence ZE electric car, powered by Better Place in Israel [photo: Brian of London]

Better Place Electric Renault Fluence ZE In Israel: 1st Week

It's been just over a week since I picked up my all-electric Renault Fluence ZE--one of 110 Better Place customers to do so during May, according to the company. I've now put... May 30, 2012 by Brian of London 13

Better Place Battery Swapping: The Technology Behind The Idea

Last week, we shared with you our first-hand experience of driving an electric car through a Better Place battery swap station in Israel. Publicly, especially outside of... May 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5

Better Place Electric-Car Battery Swapping: Live Report

Electric-car infrastructure firm Better Place has spent the past few years creating some serious waves in the electric car world with grandiose claims that it can make... May 11, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 27

Electric-Car Battery Swapping: What Do You Want To Ask Better Place?

If you’ve followed electric cars for a while, you’ll probably be familiar with the concept of swapping out a depleted battery pack with a freshly-charged one in... May 2, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 17

SCI hyMod concept with interchangeable battery and gasoline drive modules

Romanian Design Team Proposes Car With Detachable Engine

So you got yer gasoline cars, and yer electric cars. And yer extended-range electrics, and yer plug-in hybrids. Sure, old news, been there, done that. How about an electric... March 27, 2012 by John Voelcker 46

Video Shares Better Place Electric Car Battery Swap Experience

Less than a month ago, electric car infrastructure firm and battery swap specialist Better Place started deliveries of all-electric Renault Fluence Z.E. cars to customers in... February 17, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 25

Better Place Electric Car Infrastructure Company Gets $200 Million Additional Funding

Better Place, charging infrastructure, battery leasing and global pioneer of rapid battery swap stations for electric cars, has just announced it has secured $200 Million of... November 14, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3