Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. The pilot project began on 26 April, in cooperation with Nihon Kotsu Co.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

Better Place has extended its switchable-battery electric vehicle (EV) taxi pilot in Tokyo ( earlier post ) to operate through the end of the year. Tokyo’s largest taxi operator, and focuses on the feasibility of battery switch as means for taxis to have instant, zero emission, range extension. Average switch time 59.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 29, 2010

Palo Alto’s Better Place just announced that it will be conducting a 90-day test of its lithium-ion battery switching system with Tokyo’s Nihon Kotsu taxi company. said Monday it is testing its electric car charging system in with a taxi operator in Tokyo. Better Place Inc. of Watertown, Mass.,

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