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

Teslarati

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. ” Chikli noted.

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Better Place bringing switchable battery electric taxi program to the San Francisco Bay Area

Green Car Congress

Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. —COP 26 Declaration.

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Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital and Toyota Ventures invest in an $11M Series ‘A’ round in River, a Bangalore-based Electric Mobility Startup

EV Duniyaa

The company raised its seed round of $2 million in March 2021 from two globally renowned mobility-focused venture capital funds-Israel-based Maniv Mobility and San Francisco-based Trucks VC. It was the first investment in India for […].

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EV battery swapping may aid resolve the U.S. charging sickness

Baua Electric

Over the presen two years, San Francisco startup Adequate Inc. Adequate’s switch station seems like a smaller model of the multimillion-dollar ones Higher Park as soon as deployed in Israel and Denmark. Within the U.S., a minimum of, battery-swapping appeared consigned to the technological graveyard. It’s again.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Better Place is already working towards initial network deployments in these markets, beginning in 2011.

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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

Green Car Congress

The East Bay BRT system is intended to increase reliability and reduce travel times along one of the San Francisco East Bay region’s busiest corridors. AC Transit’s BRT will operate between downtown Oakland and San Leandro—primarily utilizing historic International Boulevard and East 14 th Street.

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