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EIB supports Israeli electric cars

Posted on September 9, 2012

Israel’s Better Place has secured a €40 million loan from the European Investment Bank. Better Place will use the money to finance its operations in Denmark and Israel. http://www.embassyofisrael.co.uk/commercial/2012/08/28/better-place-secures-e40-million-european-investment-bank-support/

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Recharging Australia’s cars

Posted on July 22, 2012

Better Place Inc. has teamed up with Australia carmaker GM Holden Ltd. to provide battery recharging services and equipment for the Volt electric car. Customers who choose to install a Better Place Charge Spot can charge their Volt in under … Continue reading →

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Where are they now?

Posted on January 9, 2022

This article explains what happened to Israeli startups Argo (Rewalk), Better Place, Brainsway, CartiHeal, Cupron, IceCure, Insightec, Kamada, MediWound, Moovit, Paulee, Powermat, Pythagoras Solar, Seambiotic, Urban Aeronautics and more. Even some of the failures have happy endings. https://www.israel21c.org/where-are-they-now-the-startups-that-succeeded-or-failed-over-the-last-20-years/

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Israeli battery swapping for Chinese buses

Posted on May 17, 2015

Although battery swapping failed for Better Place’s Israeli electric cars, the technology has found favor for buses running in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. Israel’s Ziv Av Engineering (ZAE) will design and supply the battery switching … Continue reading →

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Israel’s space travelers go electric

Posted on May 5, 2013

Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a leasing agreement with Israel’s Better Place to operate a fleet of electric vehicles. The fleet of several dozen Renault Fluence Z.E. (Zero Emissions) cars will replace regular fuel vehicles in the company car pool. … Continue reading →

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The Technion effect

Posted on March 11, 2012

Israel Technion’s contributions to the world’s scientific progress is amazing. Graduates have invented memory sticks, instant messaging, PDF compression, Better Place electric cars, quasi-crystals, “NaNose” cancer detector, ultrasound cardiac imaging, and ultrasound tumour destruction. http://pard.technion.ac.il/2012/03/02/hot-technion-facts-on-startups-innovation-israel-science-technology-2/

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China and the Israeli electric car

Posted on January 1, 2012

China is implementing two Israeli electric car programs – the Qoros electric car and the Better Place charging infrastructure. The market is for one million electric cars within four years. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000710297

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