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Better Place on #EVChat: “Our turnkey electric car solution enables a consumer guarantee that is simply superior.”

Better Place's visionary CEO Shai Agassi has persuaded many that his company's electric car battery swapping technology is a superior solution.

Better Place is one of the most high profile organizations in the electric car space, so we were delighted to have Michael Granoff, the company’s Head of Oil Independence Policies, as our special guest on a recent #EVChat. Mr. Granoff offered the participants of #EVChat some very interesting insights into the work of Better Place including about
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#EVChat 9: Inconsistent Policies in the EU May Hinder Electric Car Adoption

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One of the most distinguishing characteristics of #EVChat is its international perspective. Our participants hail from various countries across continents. This makes #EVChat unique, and facilitates conclusions with may have greater depth and wisdom than if discussions were geographically limited. By the way, as a reminder to readers: these blog posts summarize just a few
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8th #EVChat: Attempts to Set Battery Exchange Standards is Recipe for Failure

Better Place battery exchage

It’s a fact: battery swapping technology will only spread around the globe if batteries become standardized, including by size, shape and weight — just like with regular “AA batteries”, where there are many different producers but all batteries work on any device. There are many ongoing questions about battery swapping for automotive applications. On last
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7th #EVChat: Electricity sources and environmental impact of EVs

electric car powered by wind and solar

Electric cars are all well and good….but are they really as green as we think? Where does the power that drives them come from, and how does this electricity’s origin affect the environmental impact of EVs? And, what options are available to consumers across the globe who want to go green with electricity? This was
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