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Better Place Opens First EV Demonstration Center; Dor Alon to Deploy Battery Switch Stations in Israel

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Better Place announced the grand opening of the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery switch demonstration center in Israel. In the near future, the Better Place Center will have the Renault Fluence ZE for demonstrations, which will be available in Israel in 2011. Earlier post.). The Center, which includes 1 1.5-km

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Daimler first automotive company to test UBQ’s climate-positive thermoplastic material in auto parts

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Daimler is the first automotive company to partner with UBQ, which has developed a patented process to convert unsorted, landfill-destined waste into a renewable, thermoplastic substitute that can be made into everyday goods.

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Primus Green Energy to produce biojet fuel

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Israel Corp. a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd., has developed a gasification-based process to convert agricultural biomass into standard automotive fuels at a competitive production cost compared with the price of oil. unit reports biomass fuel breakthrough Globes.

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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) Merhav is a multinational corporation with interests in a range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure projects, and agriculture. Colombia requires 10% ethanol blending in gasoline distributed in Colombia.

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GE Capital, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips form $300M JV to fund emerging energy technology

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Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost. Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost. Ciris Energy , Inc., Ciris Energy , Inc.,

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GE and Better Place Partner to Accelerate EV Infrastructure Deployment; Integrating GE WattStation with Better Place Services

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Battery Financing: GE and Better Place will develop a battery financing program that begins with a pilot project to finance 10,000 batteries in Israel and Denmark, which are the first two markets for Better Place.

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Audi sponsors AI conference NIPS 2016, demonstrates how car develops intelligent parking strategies

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A central on-board computer converts their data into control signals for steering and the electric motor. The Audi global network encompasses not only research institutes, but also companies from hotspots in California’s Silicon Valley, Europe and Israel.

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