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Before recycling, electric car batteries enjoy a second life 2 Feb 2011 | 04:22 am
In the world of batteries, what does “end of life” really mean? According to the industry, end of life is defined as that point in time when a battery has lost 20% of its original energy storage capac...
Myth buster: can our switch stations accommodate different battery types? 8 Dec 2010 | 06:19 am
Earth2Tech has reported that Tesla’s long-anticipated Model S will include a switchable battery. The wide, long and flat battery will be positioned underneath the car to make the automated battery swi...
“Countries talk, cities act”: Bloomberg sets the stage for rolling out electric taxis in world’s largest cities 8 Nov 2010 | 06:14 pm
Here in Hong Kong, Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed to promote the rollout of electric taxis immediately upon being sworn in as head of C40, the coalition of cities founded to fight carbon emissions. In...
“Countries talk, cities act”: Bloomberg sets the stage for rolling out electric taxis in world’s largest cities 8 Nov 2010 | 01:14 pm
Here in Hong Kong, Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed to promote the rollout of electric taxis immediately upon being sworn in as head of C40, the coalition of cities founded to fight carbon emissions. In ...
Electric cars only way to zero-emissions driving 26 Oct 2010 | 04:15 am
The Report of the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency, issued last week, contained promising recommendations to lower our carbon footprint in Australia. But it also seriously erred in per...
GE and Better Place: accelerating global EV adoption together 24 Sep 2010 | 04:39 am
Three years ago Better Place’s journey began with the vision of a virtual oil field – an approach to integrating renewable energy, smart grid technology, and advanced batteries to create an unparallel...
Bar Refaeli’s special report on Better Place & why you should drive electric 20 Aug 2010 | 08:01 am
I exit the Better Place center in Pi Glilot excited, thrilled, full of ambition and energy. Great, well, those who read this right now probably have no idea what I’m talking about, since this project...
Bar Refaeli’s special report on Better Place & why you should drive electric 20 Aug 2010 | 04:01 am
I exit the Better Place center in Pi Glilot excited, thrilled, full of ambition and energy. Great, well, those who read this right now probably have no idea what I’m talking about, since this project...
The Better Place Center: a center of gravity for electric cars 4 Aug 2010 | 06:42 am
Three weeks ago, Senator Joe Lieberman, an Independent representing Connecticut, took time on a visit to Israel to stop by the Better Place Center and learn how Israel, as its Prime Minister put it on...
Building to scale 10 Jul 2010 | 06:36 am
The giants of Silicon Valley are typically of the information technology type, from Google to Intel, Facebook to Microsoft. Now that the cleantech industry is running alongside the IT industry as the ...
