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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.).

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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., The final product is 93 octane gasoline, with the energy capabilities and characteristics of regular gasoline for vehicles and industry. unit reports biomass fuel breakthrough Globes. Primus Green Energy Ltd.,

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

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Qoros premieres first production vehicle, hybrid concept at Geneva

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Qoros Automotive, an equal joint venture partnership founded in 2007 between China-based Chery Automobile and Israel Corporation, is presenting the world premiere of its first series production vehicle, the C-segment Qoros 3 Sedan, at the Geneva International Motor Show. Qoros 3 sedan. Click to enlarge. Qoros 3 Sedan.

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Better Place closes $200M Series C financing; valuation now $2.25B

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Existing shareholders, including Israel Corp., The company will launch its initial commercial service in Israel and Denmark early next year and has already announced a series of consumer offerings for electric mobility services that it says are competitive with gasoline-based cars.

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EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

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The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation in Grand Forks, North Dakota, allowance for a patent application on a high-pressure production process for reforming liquid fuels, such as ethanol, methanol, and gasoline, to hydrogen for vehicle fueling. Click to enlarge.

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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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Our team of partners is committed to accelerating the acceptance of electric cars as more affordable and more convenient than our gasoline heritage. The goal is to convert corporate fleet owners to electric fleets, so owners reap both the economic benefits of lower cost of ownership as well as reducing harmful carbon emissions.