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Better Place closes $200M Series C financing; valuation now $2.25B

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Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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Levant LNG signs agreement with Gazprom subsidiary on negotiation of sales of LNG produced offshore Israel

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executed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Gazprom Marketing and Trading Switzerland AG (GM&T CH), a subsidiary of Russian gas major Gazprom, in which the parties agreed to negotiate in good faith a binding agreement for the sale of the LNG to be produced at the Floating LNG (FLNG) facility offshore Israel. Earlier post.). Pangea LNG B.V.

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Levant LNG signs agreement with Gazprom subsidiary on negotiation of sales of LNG produced offshore Israel

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executed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Gazprom Marketing and Trading Switzerland AG (GM&T CH), a subsidiary of Russian gas major Gazprom, in which the parties agreed to negotiate in good faith a binding agreement for the sale of the LNG to be produced at the Floating LNG (FLNG) facility offshore Israel. Earlier post.). Pangea LNG B.V.

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2nd Better Place CEO out; company to be managed by Chairman of Board and CFO

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Better Place CEO Evan Thornley, who took over in October 2012 ago after the departure of founding CEO Shai Agassi ( earlier post ), is now out, according to the company. Thornley’s first job, the Globes report noted, was to develop a recovery plan for Better Place’s Israeli operations—a condition for further financing.

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EV battery swap company Better Place files for liquidation

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Better Place, a high-profile developer and proponent of a battery switch model for electric vehicles ( earlier post ), filed a motion with the Lod District Court in Israel to ask for the dissolution of the company and the appointment of a temporary liquidator. Israel was the first place in which an electrical car could travel without limit.

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Ampal Signs Option Exercise Agreement to Acquire 25% in Ethanol Project in Colombia

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Israel-based Ampal-American Israel Corporation signed an option exercise agreement with Merhav (M.N.F) The purchase of the 25% equity stake and the conversion of the loan is subject to the initial disbursement of a loan from Banco do Brasil, the lender providing project financing to the project.

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Chinese automakers bring hybrids and plug-ins to Detroit, Geneva auto shows

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—a partnership between Chery Automobile, China’s largest independent car manufacturer, and Israel Corporation—is bringing its Cross Hybrid Concept to the Geneva Motor Show in March. 6 among Chinese automakers with a production and sales volume of 720 thousand for vehicles and 950 thousand for motorcycles in 2012.

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