Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

The project marks the next major milestone leading up to a complete system test of all components of the company’s electric vehicle solution in Israel before year-end. By year-end, Better Place will test all components of its solution in Israel as the company continues to gear up for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark in late 2011.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Aircraft are currently required to use their main propulsion jet engines in a highly inefficient manner for slow speed ground movements; the consequence is greater local air and noise pollution, as well as wasted fuel and hence increased carbon emissions.

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Concept Engine Fuel Taxi 210

Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. This 30 MW represents around 20% of the island’s demand for power. Oil burning is one of the single biggest sources of pollution coming from the whole state. In practice however, getting power from island to island is a major challenge.

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Hawaii Renewable Energy San Francisco 100

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

The war between Israel and Hizbollah has brought massive petroleum spills to Beirut’s beaches as a result of the bombing of an oil-burning electricity generation plant. The Pasadena Star News covered the story as it developed, culminating in a strong editorial supporting the city’s efforts to keep the non-polluting cars on the road.

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Electric Cars San Francisco Tesla Cars 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. ’s power generation, he said. So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms?

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Creature comforts include air conditioning, power steering, sunroof, and electric windows and mirrors. There are at least a half dozen different technologies to power cars with electricity under construction. Think has even shown a convertible prototype. Massive government subsidies are upending commercial considerations.

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours. Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.

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