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Better Place winding down ops in North America and Australia, to focus on Denmark and Israel

Green Car Congress

Better Place, the startup provider of electric car networks using a battery switch model, has decided to focus its efforts on Denmark and Israel, where the complete infrastructure is in place and commercial operations are underway. At the same time, we had to make some difficult decisions on actions to be taken elsewhere in the world.

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Wallbox becomes a member of Green Energy Association of Israel

Wallbox

Israel is undergoing an energy revolution, with the country having pledged to allow only electric passenger cars to be sold by 2030. And we want to be there to help make the transfer to electric mobility as smooth as possible. tons will be 20 per cent compressed natural gas and 80 per cent electric while trucks over 3.5

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Zeekr 001 FR to in all probability have 4 electrical motors. To debut on September 1

Baua Electric

The Zeekr 001 FR liftback from Geely to in all probability have 4 free electrical motors. First, we can remind you that Zeekr is a high-end electrical emblem underneath Geely that was once based in 2021. First, we can remind you that Zeekr is a high-end electrical emblem underneath Geely that was once based in 2021.

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EV battery swap company Better Place files for liquidation

Green Car Congress

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. This is a difficult day for all of us.

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

Cars That Think

Optically clear EP29LPSP has superior physical strength, electrical insulation, and chemical resistance properties. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. It also meets NASA low outgassing requirements and exhibits a low exotherm during cure. Pashut, Tamar. Lavidor, Michal. Alon Korngreen, Alon. Yeshurun, Yosef. Bar-Gad, Izhar.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

Sure, an electric car would be nice, but that would have been last Sunday, when the nearly 80 electric vehicles in a “CO2 Race&# combed the streets of Copenhagen. So were the electric Teslas, Nissans, Renaults, Betterplace vehicles, and Danish cars of the “International Mayor’s EV Parade,&# a couple days later.