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Tech Watch: Australian Companies Fund Electric Vehicle Grid

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100

Better Place, a US firm that builds plug-in stations for electric cars, has just landed a $667 million USD deal to build charging networks in Australia’s three largest cities. Like smaller-scale Better Place deals already underway in Denmark and Israel, the Australian charging network will allow battery-powered and hybrid car-owners to charge their vehicles at thousands of locations, or have their vehicles batteries swapped out for faster fill-ups. READ»

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Can the U.S. Become the EV Battery Leader?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100

Many of our most promising electric cars have parts--or entire assemblies--being built in China. But when it comes to the most important (and most expensive) component, EV companies may turn to American manufacturers. One such ...READ»

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New Roadmap for EVs Still Fizzles

BY Ben Paynter
Relevancy Score: 92

Although Electric Vehicles will finally roll off the lot sometime next year, the biggest question still remains: In case of an unexpected detour, just where the heck are you supposed to plug in your Nissan Leaf? So far, congress has been too gridlocked with it's own convoluted climate change legislation to offer any wide-ranging answers.READ»

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For Startups, a Bleak Year for IPOs and Acquisitions

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 88

For entrepreneurs hoping to take their startup public, the outlook is bleak. According to the New York Times, the number of acqusitions and IPOs in the third quarter of this year dropped below even last quarter. That number: three. ...READ»

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An Electric Car That Charges in 10 Minutes

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 43

Unlike with gasoline-powered cars that can be filled up in a matter of minutes, electric vehicles can take hours to charge. While some companies think the solution is simply to switch out batteries when they're low on juice, MIT's ...READ»

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Chevy's Volt Innovator Leaves for California Battery Startup

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 26

GM just can't seem to catch a break. After billions of dollars in losses and rumors that the prized electric Chevy Volt won't make it into production (now proven false), the auto giant's so-called "battery czar" has announced that ...READ»

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Electric Car True Costs Report 2010

BY Mr Rickman
Relevancy Score: 14

New Research forecasts 14 million electric or hybrid cars likely sold in 2020 in China, Japan, the United States, and Western Europe.  SustainableVirtualBiZ.com projects that some 1.5 million will be fully electric, 1.5 ...READ»

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Better Place Demonstrates First Switchable Battery Electric Taxi in Tokyo

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 12

Better Place is now one step closer to fulfilling its mission of making switchable batteries commonplace in electric vehicles. The California-based electric car services startup showed off the world’s first switchable-battery ...READ»

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GE, Better Place Team Up to Boost Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 8

Better Place, an electric vehicle infrastructure startup that envisions a network of charging and EV battery swap stations, got a big boost this week.READ»