Oct 29
Written by: Aaron Turpen 448 views
Published on October 29th, 2008 in Electric Cars
To Australia, anyway. They’re to be wind-powered, available in select cities such as Westminster, and are a combined effort of three Australian firms. Better Place is partnering with AGL and Macquarie to pull together the resources needed to make this happen.
Better Place has a scalable model for these charging stations and the network to feed them, which they developed in Israel and Denmark. Meanwhile, Macquarie will raise the $1 Billion AUD needed to build the network and AGL will provide the electricity through their wind power farms.
The coalition plans to capitalize on the $500 million Green Car Innovation Fund the Australian government has created to encourage automobile manufacturers down under to build petrol-alternative transportation.
The company plans to expand into neighboring areas as their network grows, incorporating Australasia and Southeast Asia.
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Tags: Australia, charging, electric, ev infrastructure
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