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Climate Change and Clean Tech in Israel
<!--break--> Israel is a small country of 7.5 million people with an oversized political and media footprint. It also has a growing carbon footprint problem on its current development path, as noted in the November 2009 McKinsey report on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential in Israel (the 5-page summary is in English, click here for... [read more]
Top 10 cleantech promises to watch for in 2010
<!--break--> Cleantech.com is looking forward at 2010 instead of back at 2009 and has a list of promised innovations to keep an eye on this year - Top 10 cleantech promises to watch for in 2010. Just because promises don’t happen in 2010 doesn’t mean they won’t happen ever. But, for what it’s worth, here are 10 of the most interesting... [read more]
COP15: Nothing shy about Shai
<!--break--> Shai Agassi has a deal for you. Shai is the founder and CEO of Better Place, the audacious electric car startup based in Palo Alto, CA, that not only wants to change the way cars are powered but the way they are sold. Here’s his offer: Pay about $12,000 for a family-sized all-electric sedan made by Renault, known as the... [read more]On-site in Copenhagen: An Interview with Shai Agassi of Project Better Place
<!--break--> I had the pleasure of sitting down with the the visionary founder of Project Better Place, Shai Agassi to discuss his plans for electrified transportation here in Denmark, in Israel, and beyond. You can listen the interview in its entirety below. [read more]
Tokyo e-Taxis to test Battery Switching Station
<!--break--> While hybrid taxis have been making inroads, e-taxis so far have been generally unsuccessful. Thus, Israeli-American entrepreneur Shai Agassi certainly is taking a risk by choosing the arduous duty cycle of Tokyo taxis to test the battery swapping platform developed for Project Better Place. According to Autoblog Green... [read more]
Better Place to charge US$0.08 per eMile
<!--break--> I have been a fan of Better Place and their unique model around electric vehicles since I watched Shai Agassi’s presentation at the DLD conference in January 2008. If you are unfamiliar with the Better Place model, they looked at the idea of electric vehicles and people’s ‘range anxiety’ and asked how best to solve it.... [read more]They said it at Brainstorm Green
<!--break--> FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green began Monday afternoon (less than 24 hours ago as I write this) and my head has been spinning ever since. We’ve talked about Washington and the politics of climate change, Andy Serwer did a a great interview with Bill Ford, and I had a relaxed conversation with Paul Hawken during dinner that... [read more]
Better Place - Building Electric Car Momentum With Exciting Concepts
<!--break--> A friend reminded me that I need to keep an eye on the activities of Better Place - an electric car company with some intriguing ideas and growing momentum. They appear to be signing up additional industrial, financial and government partners for their idea of building and deploying electric cars by focusing on supplying... [read more]
Project Better Place's electric vehicle network, now coming to Hawaii
<!--break--> Lynne Kiesling One of the most interesting entrepreneurial developments in the past couple of years is Project Better Place, which has one of the most well-articulated corporate visions I've ever seen. Their business model: evolve beyond using oil-based transportation fuels by constructing a network of charging stations... [read more]
The Future of the Electric Car
<!--break--> Energy Collective Featured Blogger Shai Agassi is the subject of a nine-page cover story in the September issue of Wired magazine (not yet available online). The article, titled "The Future of the Electric Car - One Man's Audacious Plan to Change the Way the World Drives," tells the story of how Agassi left SAP and... [read more]An audacious plan for electric cars
<!--break--> Say what you will about Shai Agassi, but no one will accuse him of thinking small. Agassi, who recently turned 40, has never worked in the energy industry or the automobile business. But he trying to turn both industries upside down by getting the world to embrace electric cars. And he is making surprising progress. Shai... [read more]Shai’s Got the Money: $200 Million, In Fact
<!--break--> As some readers of this blog know, I had lunch with Shai Agassi last month in New York and was allowed a peek inside his kimono for his new business venture, now called Project Better Place. Today he and his newly named Chairman, Idan Ofer, called and we talked about the new business, which with the announcement... [read more]
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Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - Montreal
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
World Energy Congress - 2010
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - New York City
When: Tue, 2010-09-28 08:00
GridWeek 2010
When: Mon, 2010-10-18 08:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - Washington, DC
When: Tue, 2010-10-19 08:00
Smart Grid Implementation & Innovations Summit
When: Mon, 2010-10-25 15:42
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