Better Place Unveils Electric Car Software
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 9/17/2009 — At the Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday, Better Place, which builds electric vehicle charging networks, is expected to take the wraps off a software platform that tells drivers when and where to charge their batteries.

Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis
earth2tech.com 9/2/2009 — Electric vehicle infrastructure company Better Place chose Yokohama, Japan, to show off its first — and the world’s first — battery swapping station. Now the startup is planning to work with the Japanese government to build a pilot ...

Better Place’s battery-swap stations for Tokyo taxis get investor approval
cleantech.com 8/27/2009 — Tokyo’s largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu is expected to put four electric taxis to a road test using Better Place’s model.

Thinking through the Better Place strategy: is it seriously flawed?
autobloggreen.com 5/22/2009 — Project Better Place battery swap - Click above for a hi-res image gallery Last week, Better Place previewed for a wide audience, via a new video , their battery swapping system. The video has kicked off a good discussion over on Peak Oil Garage that we wanted to share with you. The ...

Better Place says they need the Big Three
autobloggreen.com 2/16/2009 — Click above and scroll down to watch the video Need a quick update on Better Place? World Focus has a five-minute video that features interviews with founder Shai Agassi, video of the cars testing in Israel and skeptics like Forbes' Bruce Upbin, weighing in on the electric car startup. ...

Better Place and Ontario Launch Project
greentechmedia.com 1/21/2009 — Better Place plans to set up a network of electric-car charging stations in Ontario, adding the Canadian province to a list of deals. But the economic downturn could put a crimp on the electric vehicle plans of auto-making giants and startups alike.

Battery Swapping & Pay-Per-Mile to Speed Adoption of Electric Cars, Says Study
earth2tech.com 7/14/2009 — What happens when you take the cost of the battery — generally the most expensive part of an electric car — out of the sticker price for electric vehicles? That’s the question explored in a new study released this morning from UC ...

Better Place to charge US$0.08 per eMile
theenergycollective.com 4/28/2009 — I have been a fan of Better Place and their unique model around electric vehicles since I watched Shai Agassi’s presentation at the DLD conference in January 2008. If you are unfamiliar with the Better Place model, they looked at the idea of electric vehicles and people’s ‘range ...

Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis For Battery Switch Application
betterplace.com 8/28/2009 — Tokyo (Aug 26, 2009) -- Better Place today announced that it has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. Better Place will partner with Tokyo’s ...

VIDEO: Better Place battery swapper demonstrated
autobloggreen.com 5/13/2009 — Project Better Place battery swap - Click above for a hi-res image gallery One minute, 13 seconds. That's how long it took for the whiz-bang battery switcher engineered by Better Place to remove a battery from the undercarriage of its Nissan demonstration SUV and replace it with another. ...

Will Overfishing Leave The Tuna Industry Dry? (VIDEO) — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 27 days ago
As global demand for sushi and canned tuna escalates, fishermen are struggling to bring in a sizable catch. Tuna companies' shipments have halved due to dwindling fish populations, endangering the fish populations and the livelihoods of entire ...