Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Electric taxi driving through Ginza in Tokyo. Better Place launched a 90-day switchable-battery electric taxi in Tokyo in partnership with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo’s largest taxi operator. Source: Better Place. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Hyundai Motor, as a supplier to the LHNE project, will join the existing consortium of companies with expertise in hydrogen transport infrastructure and operation, working to establish the UK’s first hydrogen transport network covering London and south east England. Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Better Place introduced its electric vehicle (EV) services platform at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in conjunction with Renault’s unveiling of the Fluence ZE Concept with Quickdrop (switchable) battery system and an expanded agreement with Renault, committing both companies to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2010

The switchable battery electric vehicle taxi pilot in Tokyo, Japan, has been extended by Better Place and will now be in operation through to the end of the year. The company hopes that by extending the trial it will be able further evaluate and optimise the design and integration of the components of the system, [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Having already established projects in countries including Denmark and Israel, as well as making breakthroughs in the US state of California, Better Place is now set to embark on projects in Japan and Australia. It will partner with Nihon Kotsu, the capital city’s largest taxi operator.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

As part of the deal, Kevin Adeson, HSBC Head of Global Capital Financing, will join the Better Place Board of Directors, and HSBC will own approximately 10% of the company’s shares. The company intends to expand into markets where the business model economics and investor returns are optimized, notably in Europe and Asia.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. Drive Electric has advocated for a comprehensive plan to decarbonise transport for the past two years. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) has the opportunity to be that plan. Japan has a 2035 deadline.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Renault and Better Place also announced an expansion of their current agreement by committing to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016. . Battery exchange stations will be built to enable journeys longer than 150km, or for specific uses such as taxi fleets. Characteristic components of an EV.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. Fortunately, unlike some CEOs and company boards…. But the Netherlands (like some other Euro countries, e.g., Denmark) still suffers from some semi-permanent incentives instability so 2021 started a bit slow.

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