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Elon Musk to meet with Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu next week: report

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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is traveling to San Francisco next week. As noted in a report from The Times of Israel , Netanyahu would pay a visit to Silicon Valley before he heads to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. During his visit, the official will reportedly meet with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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

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Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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Toyota Research Institute launches Toyota AI Ventures with $100M investment

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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is investing an initial $100 million to launch Toyota AI Ventures , a new corporate venture capital subsidiary designed to provide early-stage financing to startup technology companies. TRI participated in Nauto’s $12M Series A financing in August 2016.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. Transpower’s “Transforming our Transport System”, has useful insights on this question. Drive Electric has advocated for a comprehensive plan to decarbonise transport for the past two years.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. UN walkout as Ahmadinejad calls Israel racist Review: Star Trek, at the Empire, Leicester. 1 Newcastle The 10 dumbest money savings tips - no.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. 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. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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