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Better Place

Better Place files for liquidation

Company blames low public take-up and lack of backing from automakers for failure of electric car battery swap scheme

  • Automotive
  • 28 May 2013
Better Place bags €40m European Investment Bank loan

Company's first-ever credit facility from a financial institution to expand its electric car battery swap stations in Europe

  • Automotive
  • 31 August 2012
Better Place launches electric car battery-swap model in Israel

First 100 electric cars in ground-breaking battery-swap scheme to be delivered to customers over next few weeks

  • Automotive
  • 24 January 2012
Better Place drives into China's electric car market
Better Place drives into China's electric car market

Innovative electric car battery-swapping station opens in south-eastern city of Guangzhou

  • Automotive
  • 13 December 2011
Reports: Better Place could launch Israeli operation in August

Israeli newspapers say game-changing network will fit 1,000 charging points and over 40 battery swap stations by end of 2011

  • Automotive
  • 27 April 2011
"This is total nonsense" - Green quotes of the week

Who said what in the world of green business this week?

  • Solar
  • 11 February 2011
UK in the green car slow lane yet again

Better Place could remove petrol cars from the UK's roads within a decade, but the government lacks the vision required for such an ambitious project

  • Automotive
  • 11 February 2011
Better Place to bring battery-swap stations to California

High-profile taxi trial will see four battery-switching stations installed in the Bay Area

  • Technology
  • 29 October 2010
Better Place and GE team up to target fleet operators

Companies looking for businesses to take part in high-profile electric car pilot project

  • Technology
  • 23 September 2010
Better Place inks Chinese electric vehicle deal

Innovative batter swap firm puts major development partnership in place with leading Chinese car firm, Chery Automobile Co

  • Transport
  • 26 April 2010
Tokyo to trial electric "filling stations" to boost green transport

First step in Californian firm's bid to build the world's first infrastructure networks for electric cars by next year

  • Technology
  • 06 April 2010
Project Better Place

  • Technology
  • 01 April 2010
Better Place puts pedal to the metal in pursuit of expansion

Company says it expects to have 45,000 electric cars on Israeli roads within five years

  • Technology
  • 08 February 2010
Better Place raises $350m from HSBC-led investors

Move seen as huge vote of confidence in switch to electric vehicles

  • Technology
  • 25 January 2010
China oil giant mulls plans for national electric car battery network

CNOOC says $11bn plan for CCS syngas plants also in the works

  • Technology
  • 04 November 2009
Tokyo taxis to trial battery-swap stations for electric vehicles

Better Place hopes pilot scheme will lead to adoption in other cities

  • Technology
  • 03 September 2009
Better Place targets 160,000 electric cars a year

Danish boss predicts "tens of thousands" of new electric cars each year

  • Technology
  • 19 August 2009
Project Better Place targets Australia as electric car proving ground

In an exclusive interview, Project Better Place founder tells BusinessGreen.com that "if we do this country, no one asks if we can do big"

  • Technology
  • 05 August 2009
US car charging firm gets funding

Better place rival gets cash influx from Germany

  • Investment
  • 30 January 2009
Updated: Electric car firms downplay sales "blip"

As Nice Car Company reportedly files for administration and GoinGreen confirms falling sales, the auto industry maintains long-term outlook for electric cars remains upbeat

  • Technology
  • 04 December 2008
San Francisco cars to go electric

Electric charging infrastructure to be in place by 2012

  • Transport
  • 21 November 2008
Tokyo mulls electric car charging network

Utility reported to have developed fast charging technology capable of delivering 40Km of motoring on a five-minute charge

  • Transport
  • 12 August 2008
Project Better Place debuts electric car

Company on track for commercial launch of battery swappable car in 2010

  • Transport
  • 12 May 2008

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