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dvice.com - 11/21/2008

Massive $1 billion electric car charging grid planned for San Francisco Bay Area

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We've mentioned Project Better Place before , the company that plans to create a network of charging stations and battery exchange locations for electric cars in Denmark, Israel and Australia. Backed by super-rich investors, now it's planning an ambitious expansion into the San Francisco ...

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$1 Billion Electric Car Charging Grid Planned For San Francisco [Electric Cars]
Gizmodo — ... certain number of miles and get an electric vehicle at a discounted price. Better Place will own the battery." Better Place already has similar systems in the works for parts of Europe, but getting a foothold in the US will be their biggest challenge. As San Francisco mayor-extraordinaire Gavin Newsom put it, the goal is to “make the Bay Area—and eventually California—the electric vehicle capital of the US”. [Better Place via Mercury News via Treehugger via DVICE] ...

Car Charging Grid coming to San Francisco
Coolest Gadgets — ... these new electronic grids in Denmark, Israel, Australia, and there are now plans to implement this project in San Francisco. This Bay Area plan is to the tune of one billion dollars, which is enough for 250,000 charging posts and 200 battery swap stations. It is planned to be operational come 2012, but I’m pretty sure every car won’t be operational by that time. Maybe it will help usher in an age of electric cars, one that is being transitioned by the hybrid cars. Source ...