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Car Charging Stations at the Ready--In Israel

BY Linda TischlerMon Feb 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM

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Shai Agassi’s electric car service station company, Better Place, was the subject of a page one business story in today’s New York Times. While Agassi estimates his dream of a network of such stations in the US is unlikely to be up and running until 2012, Israel is already much farther along in setting up car charging stations.


Gadi Amit, the CEO of San Francisco strategic design firm,  New Deal Design, shared some photos of the docking stations, which his company designed.  In December, Better Place Israel debuted the first electric parking lot in Tel Aviv, at the Cinema City parking lot in Pi-Glilot.  The company’s CEO, Moshe Kaplinsky, said Better Place Israel has plans to expand the network to Haifa, Kefar Sava, Holon and Jerusalem. (Israeli venture capitalists are helping to underwrite the company.)

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The charge spot is designed to be small, easy to use, and to blend in with the environment.  “In designing and deploying the charge spot, our top priority is the driver’s experience,” says Tal Agassi, director of international deployment development. “We set out to design a user friendly and simple charging experience for the user that will encourage drivers to switch from the pump to the plug.”

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Innovation, Technology, Design, electric cars, New Deal Design, web design, shai agassi, graphic design, product design, better place, Information Design, Gadi Amit, fashion design, car charging stations, Israel, Shai Agassia, Tel Aviv, United States, The New York Times Company


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February 10, 2009 at 12:52pm by lace Lopez

so how long does it take to recharge the car. will it take as much time as it does to refule with gasoline.?

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July 6, 2009 at 9:20pm by petty deh

that's great. we usually hear many advances in electric vehicles and finally, it's here and is already existing. i do wonder why tail lights from gas guzzlers to electric cars are different.

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