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Tesla tax credits, BMW charger recall, and Israel to ban internal-combustion engines: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla tells buyers the final date to order a car before federal tax credits expire. Israel plans to stop the sale of cars with internal-combustion engines by 2030. And we round up the best deals on green cars this month. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. BMW recalls charge cords for its electric cars.

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StoreDot demonstrates 100 miles of charging in 5 minutes with pouch cell

Teslarati

Israel-based StoreDot, a manufacturer of extreme fast charging battery technology for electric vehicles, publicly demonstrated its ability to charge a full-scale EV cell with enough energy for 100 miles in just 5 minutes. A Tesla 4680-like cell replicated on mass-production line by Israel’s StoreDot.

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BMW i3 Driven, Fisker Bought, Tesla Beats Israel: This Week In Social Media

Green Car Reports

If you''ve been following us around the social sphere this week, then you already have a pretty good idea of what''s going on in the green automotive world, but if you aren''t, we''ve created a quick recap just for you. We reported our results from the 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage''s gas mileage test, and we drove the new electric 2014 BMW i3.

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Better Place Obit Asks: Has Tesla Done What Israel Couldn't?

Green Car Reports

This is a tale of two electric-car companies. One, Better Place, declared bankruptcy back in May, and doesn''t appear to be getting back on its feet anytime soon. Last week, the supposed buyer of the Israeli electric-car service was in bankruptcy court after failing to make scheduled payments. Our writer Brian of London has written extensively.'

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Shai Agassi Weighs In On The Lessons Of Tesla & Electric Cars

Green Car Reports

Shai Agassi, founder of the now-defunct Better Place electric-car service in Israel, hasn''t been in the public eye much of late. But on the business network LinkedIn this morning, he emerged to weigh in on the lessons of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and what the auto industry at large could learn from the electric-car startup.

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

Just a hunch, but Tesla Motors could be cast as the dashing protagonist, while Better Place might be up for best supporting actor… When Coulomb this week announced $14 million in second-round funding to advance its business model for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, the Campbell startup gave more momentum to the EV revolution. .&#

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia.

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