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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in optical and imaging technology start-up Spectralics

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Coming from a background in aerospace technology development, Israel-based Spectralics creates state-of-the-art imaging and optical infrastructure spanning materials, hardware and software, enabling a wide variety of advanced optical capabilities. The investment gives Volvo Cars access to promising technology at an early stage of development.

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First wireless charging road in the U.S. completed in Michigan

Teslarati

We are the birthplace of the auto industry, and the home of the first mile of concrete road and the first three-way traffic signal. The projects wireless charging projects are actively happening in Sweden, Norway, Italy, Israel and a handful of other countries on the continent. Today, thanks to Gov.

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New Open Fuel Standard Act would set minimum requirement for non-petroleum fuel capability in new automobiles

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Steve Israel (D-NY-03), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13), Tom Cole (R-OK-04), Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) and Del. The auto industry had criticized the 95% requirement as unattainable, noted the Methanol Institute, which came out strongly in support of the new bill. The bill also features original co-sponsors Reps.

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Shai Agassi Weighs In On The Lessons Of Tesla & Electric Cars

Green Car Reports

Shai Agassi, founder of the now-defunct Better Place electric-car service in Israel, hasn''t been in the public eye much of late. But on the business network LinkedIn this morning, he emerged to weigh in on the lessons of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and what the auto industry at large could learn from the electric-car startup.

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EV battery swap!

Electric Auto Association

In 2007, Better Place , an Israeli startup founded by former top SAP executive Shai Agassi, partnered with Renault to launch an electric sedan with a network of robotic battery swapping service stations spread across Israel and Denmark. Many auto industry watchers were intrigued by Agassi's novel concept.

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EC backs project for EV battery switching: EASYBAT

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The project calls for the “EASYBAT” Consortium to develop off-the-shelf automotive grade components and interfaces that enable the auto industry to easily integrate battery switching technology into their electric car platforms. in Israel and Denmark by year end.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding.

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