A lot of exciting news has happened regarding corporate partnerships and alliances over the past week or so. Volkswagen and BYD, Daimler and Tesla, and others. Car makers are entering the new era of auto manufacturing by taking a lesson from the tech sector: you can’t do it all alone anymore.
Read More: BYD Gains VW As Partner, Ford May Follow - Other Partnerships Also In the Works
According to the April 30 issue of The Economist, Shai Agassi of Better Place is an “Electric Evangelist” with the ability to sway otherwise stodgy business people with religious zeal. They likened him to Steve Jobs of Apple.
Read More: Shai Agassi is Today’s Steve Jobs and Better Place is Apple Computers
It’s not cheap at $500,000, but the battery swap station can swap out a dead battery on an EV in less time than it takes to pump a tank of gas, Better Place claims. This first prototype was unveiled in Japan a few days ago and is what Better Place hopes will be the first of thousands across the globe.
Read More: Video: Better Place’s New Electric Car Battery Swap Station In Action
EV-Charge America, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a provider and installer of electric vehicle infrastructure, including electric vehicle recharging stations and support equipment.
Read More: Spotlight: EV-Charge America - EV Charging Infrastructure Provider
General Motors, not satisfied with the billions in bailout funds the Bush administration lavished on them after their month-long begathon last year, has now called on major cities (especially San Francisco) to “become plug-in ready.”
Read More: GM Not Content With Bailout Money: Wants San Francisco to Pony Up Too
Better Place, the California-based electric vehicle infrastructure company that is currently building EV charging networks in California, Oregon, and Hawaii, has announced today that they have secured a round of financing to the tune of $133.8M to build an EV charging network in Denmark.
Read More: Better Place Secures $133.8M Financing for Danish EV Charging Network
Subaru has the R1e (Stella) all-electric car that they’ve been testing in New York, but haven’t announced any plans to sell yet. Many have wondered why they’re holding off. The answer may have been announced now: Subaru, Better Place, and the Japanese government have all come together to announce that they will be be teaming up to build an electric vehicle infrastructure in Japan, starting in Yokohama.
Read More: Subaru, Better Place, and Japan Team Up to Create Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Japan
Hawaii has endorsed a deal with Better Place, which puts together electrical charging infrastructures for EV use. This follows a deal with California and Oregon and will be the first of the state-wide setups to be completed.
Read More: Hawaii Teams With Better Place to Create Statewide EV Charging Network
Better Place, which we’ve covered in their quest to install electric charging stations for EVs, officially unveiled their first operational charging station. The station is in Pi-Glilot, Israel and ones like it will be popping up throughout the country in major cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Better Place, based in Palo Alto, California, has announced deals with both the State of California and the State of Oregon to install a network of electric car power stations throughout both states. These should be ready to go by 2012, which is when most experts are predicting that population centers in those states will have a large population of electric vehicles (all electrics, hybrid-electrics, commuters, etc.).
These are to be done through partnerships with Nissan, Coulomb Technologies, and individual city and county governments and business groups. This couples with the announcement by Nissan that they will be releasing their first electric car in Oregon in 2010.
Read More: Better Place To Build EV Infrastructure in California and Oregon
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