Tag: Project Better Place

At this point, few of us remember Shai Agassi and his enterprise “Project Better Place.” He proposed to place EV battery-swapping stations strategically across the nation, a concept that would have virtually eliminated “range anxiety” and made charging one’s car …

Battery-Swapping Stations for EVs Never Happened–But Why? Read More »

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Well, at least three that I can think of. We’re all aware of steady development of better and lower-cost batteries, which seems to be the putative victor here. Once affordable batteries provide a range of 350 miles, and we’re fairly …

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Energy giant Alstom has nailed down a 120 million Euro contract to build a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Israel.  Currently, there is 129 gigawatts of this technology installed around the globe, and, as we sit here today, …

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I wrote a piece yesterday about the struggles of Project Better Place, the attempt to sell large populations of car drivers on the concept of adopting electric vehicles, and paying a certain price per mile driven, using leased batteries that, …

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I was never a fan of the electric vehicle battery-swap concept “Project Better Place” for countries like the United States, with a sprawling landmass of 3.5 million square miles — in the “Lower 48” alone. But I’m surprised (and saddened, …

Electric Vehicle Battery-Swap Concept “Project Better Place” Running Into Trouble Read More »

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