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Better Place Battery Swap Stations Head to China

What’s the best way to ensure that your electric vehicle technology gets adopted by as many consumers as possible? Take it to China, of course. That’s exactly what electric car infrastructure firm Better Place has done, with the announcement that it has signed a strategic agreement with...

May 2, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 16

Better Place: First Battery Swap Station, Profit In 2 Years?

March 25, 2011 10

Renault: Electric Car Battery Swapping Too Costly For Now

March 22, 2011 5

Leasing And Swapping Electric-Car Batteries: Will It Happen?

January 24, 2011 15

Renault Fluence ZE production electric sedan

Is There a Business Case for Electric-Car Battery Lease or Swap?

As 2010 draws to a close, we now have shipments of the 2011 Nissan LEAF and the 2011 Chevy Volt to customers around the United States. With the advent of these vehicles, is... December 22, 2010 by Jason Hendler 31

Better Place Battery Switching Test, Yokohama Japan

Want to Hail An Electric Taxi Cab? Head for San Francisco

Urban taxi service may be the equal of any proving-ground torture test. Taxis are driven hard, up to 20 hours a day, and must handle both bad roads and bad drivers. Those... October 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 7

Nissan electric taxi leaving Better Place battery switching station, Tokyo, April 2010

Better Place Launches Battery-Swap Test In Four Tokyo Taxis

This past Monday, the electric-vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place held a press conference in Tokyo at the site of its first completed battery-swap station to be put... April 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 2

Report: Launching Renault EVs With Better Place in Denmark

Living in Denmark, I was recently able to sign up for a Renault Fluence Electric Vehicle, and was subsequently assigned # 25 on the waiting list. I also arranged an interview... April 28, 2010 by easyecar 3

Renault Fluence EZ concept, 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show

Driving Electric To Cost No More Than Using Gas, Says Better Place

Driving a mile on electricity always costs less than using gasoline for the same mile. Now Better Place, the consortium wiring Israel with electric-car recharging stations... September 28, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

Frankfurt: Ah, the French! Renault's 4 Electric Car Concepts

French carmaker Renault, whose partner Nissan recently unveiled its 2012 Nissan Leaf compact electric hatchback, showed no fewer than four separate electric-car concepts at... September 15, 2009 by John Voelcker

Mercedes-Benz E-Cell Plus extended-range electric car, Frankfurt Motor Show, 2009

GreenCarReports: 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show Coverage

It's time: the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show is upon us, and High Gear Media is live at the biggest, hottest Messe in the world to bring you the latest on green cars, diesels... September 14, 2009 by John Voelcker