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Tesla To Show Battery Swapping For Model S, Tweets Elon Musk

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk confirmed that a press event to be held this Thursday evening will demonstrate battery-swapping for the Tesla Model S. The mode of communication was his favorite medium: a tweet. "Seeing is believing," wrote Musk, saying that the company will do a live demonstration of...

7 hours ago by John Voelcker 21

Possible Savior For Better Place Electric-Car Network Emerges In Israel

June 3, 2013 1

Renault's Electric Car Plans Unfazed By Better Place Bankruptcy

May 27, 2013 4

Better Place Electric-Car Service Files For Bankruptcy

May 26, 2013 39

Better Place Renault Fluence ZE on the streets of Jerusalem

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... May 21, 2013 by Brian of London 5

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

Last week, one day after Consumer Reports called the Model S the best car it had tested since 2007, Tesla quietly announced that it will make the car a whole lot better. On... May 14, 2013 by Thomas Fisher 49

Better Place user David Rose w/keys to Renault Fluence ZE electric car in Israel [photo: David Rose]

How's Better Place Doing In Israel These Days?

The Better Place electric-car system has not had a good run of news lately. But despite little attention, it has managed to boost the sales rate in Israel for its cars, along... May 13, 2013 by Brian of London 10

The GreenWay Project's battery-swapping in Slovakia

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

Battery swapping was once hailed as the miracle cure for short-range electric cars, but the trials and tribulations of Better Place have shown that isn't necessarily the... May 4, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

Clinton Told Better Place CEO: "Electric Cars Should Be Free"

As any entrepreneur will tell you, starting a business isn't easy. Few know this more than Shai Agassi, founder of battery-swapping outfit Better Place. The company is making... March 1, 2013 by Antony Ingram 16

Better Place Bails Out Of Both U.S. And Australia

If you've been following our reports on battery-swapping company Better Place, the news probably won't come as much of a surprise. The company has decided to shut down its... February 6, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

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

Pike's 10 Electric-Car Predictions For 2013: Right Or Wrong?

It is, as we've pointed out on many occasions, exceedingly difficult to predict exactly where the market for electric cars will go. Most are confident it will continue to... January 7, 2013 by Antony Ingram 23

Facelifted 2013 Renault Fluence electric sedan

Better Place Electric-Car Service Delays Australia Rollout

The Better Place battery swapping saga continues, as partner Renault has delayed the roll-out off its electric Fluence sedan. Renault Australia announced the indefinite... December 18, 2012 by Antony Ingram 3

Better Place Hires Marketing Guru Peter Economides To Buff Its Brand

Given soothsayers' record on end-of-the-world predictions, this probably won't be humanity's last year on Planet Earth. But for the folks at electric car start-up Better... December 13, 2012 by Richard Read 1

Better Place Trouble Continues As Latest CEO Quits

Only a month after Better Place founder Shai Agassi was replaced as CEO of the company, current CEO Moshe Kaplinsky has also departed the troubled firm. Better Place, whose... November 28, 2012 by Antony Ingram 6

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

Better Place Electric-Car Service: Few Users, More Turmoil

Much publicity, high hopes, and hundreds of millions of dollars have been devoted to the Better Place electric-car service. Now, with an apparent dearth of Israeli customers... November 19, 2012 by John Voelcker 14

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

Low-battery red warning light on Better Place Renault Fluence ZE, Israel

100 Days With A Better Place Electric Car: Likes & Dislikes

It's been a little more than 100 days since I drove away in my first electric car, a Renault Fluence ZE, as one of the first 100 private paying customers of the Better Place... September 13, 2012 by Brian of London 10