Comments on: Better Place Makes Electric Vehicle Grids a Reality http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: elbiler http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-353433 elbiler Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:14:08 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-353433 Here in Denmark we already have quite a few charge spots. By April 2012 we will have 20 battery swap stations, which will cover the entire country :) Best Regards Here in Denmark we already have quite a few charge spots. By April 2012 we will have 20 battery swap stations, which will cover the entire country :)

Best Regards

]]> By: Renault Unveils All-Electric DeZir Supercar | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-239884 Renault Unveils All-Electric DeZir Supercar | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:15:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-239884 [...] average range of 100 miles and it uses Renault’s Quick Drop system, which allows drivers to quickly exchange the battery instead of waiting around for it to [...] [...] average range of 100 miles and it uses Renault’s Quick Drop system, which allows drivers to quickly exchange the battery instead of waiting around for it to [...]

]]> By: Better Place Launches Real-World Battery Swapping Station in Tokyo | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-232743 Better Place Launches Real-World Battery Swapping Station in Tokyo | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:46:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-232743 [...] Better Place is set to revolutionize the electric vehicle industry with their innovative plan for EV infrastructure — and now they’re putting their money where their mouth is by testing a brand new battery switching station in Tokyo. The first real-world facility of its kind will swap spent car batteries for fresh ones, helping to perfect the system in order to develop more efficient prototypes. Better Place is working with a pilot-program fleet of three cabs to stress test the facility, which can swap an EV’s spent battery for a full one in less than a minute! [...] [...] Better Place is set to revolutionize the electric vehicle industry with their innovative plan for EV infrastructure — and now they’re putting their money where their mouth is by testing a brand new battery switching station in Tokyo. The first real-world facility of its kind will swap spent car batteries for fresh ones, helping to perfect the system in order to develop more efficient prototypes. Better Place is working with a pilot-program fleet of three cabs to stress test the facility, which can swap an EV’s spent battery for a full one in less than a minute! [...]

]]> By: Bridgette Steffen http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-112827 Bridgette Steffen Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:05:38 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-112827 As far as I know, Better Place's plan is not to be exclusive with car manufacturers or batteries, I think their whole goal is to get as many companies involved in order to make it universal. Every manufacturer that wants to play though will, of course, have to meet Better Place's standards. Hopefully this is in fact how it happens, because it will encourage competition and cost reductions for the consumer. As far as I know, Better Place’s plan is not to be exclusive with car manufacturers or batteries, I think their whole goal is to get as many companies involved in order to make it universal. Every manufacturer that wants to play though will, of course, have to meet Better Place’s standards. Hopefully this is in fact how it happens, because it will encourage competition and cost reductions for the consumer.

]]> By: JOAO http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-112821 JOAO Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:23:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-112821 Hi Bridgette ! Shai Agassi also signed the same agreement for a Better Place network in Lisbon (Portugal), my home. Do you know if the plugs of such network will be opened for the various EV's we expect soon in the market, or has Mr Agassi chosen a proprietary system, for example exclusive to his deal with Renault-Nissan ? I really hope Better Place also stands for freedom of choice. Hi Bridgette !
Shai Agassi also signed the same agreement for a Better Place network in Lisbon (Portugal), my home.
Do you know if the plugs of such network will be opened for the various EV’s we expect soon in the market, or has Mr Agassi chosen a proprietary system, for example exclusive to his deal with Renault-Nissan ?
I really hope Better Place also stands for freedom of choice.

]]> By: bernice paul http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-112596 bernice paul Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-112596 I agree with Anna, I hope the source of electricity is renewable. Can you imagine if the Big 3 in the US were even HINTING at going this way? Would we feel a bit better about their pleas for a bailout? Thomas Friedman wrote a great post in his NY Times column yesterday about this... highly recommended complementary discussion to this post. I agree with Anna, I hope the source of electricity is renewable.
Can you imagine if the Big 3 in the US were even HINTING at going this way? Would we feel a bit better about their pleas for a bailout? Thomas Friedman wrote a great post in his NY Times column yesterday about this… highly recommended complementary discussion to this post.

]]> By: anna http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-112592 anna Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:06:36 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-112592 now it would be amazing if the electricity you used to charge the car came from renewable sources...... otherwise we're just redirecting the problem now it would be amazing if the electricity you used to charge the car came from renewable sources…… otherwise we’re just redirecting the problem

]]> By: fritter http://inhabitat.com/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/comment-page-1/#comment-112575 fritter Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:48:10 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/10/better-place-vehicle-network-expanding-quickly/#comment-112575 Call me jaded, but all I see when I look at those "plug-in" stations is teen vandals getting a kick out of unplugging cars as they walk down the street.... Call me jaded, but all I see when I look at those “plug-in” stations is teen vandals getting a kick out of unplugging cars as they walk down the street….

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