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May 21, 2012 · After more than US$400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place venture. Four stations where the cars can get a new dose of juice when their batteries run out are operating, and the plan is to ramp that number up within months.
Feb 23, 2010 · Israel will be the first country to install Better Place’s cutting edge network for electric cars, touted as affordable and attractive alternatives to combustion engine and hybrid vehicles. Israel is taking on one of the most pressing problems of our times and trying to solve it for the world, says Shai Agassi, whose electric car venture ...
May 26, 2013 · Better Place files for bankruptcy Innovative Israeli company burned through more than $800 million in five years, but sold barely 2,000 of its electric cars
May 20, 2023 · Published: MAY 20, 2023 14:42. BETTER PLACE car. (photo credit: BRIAN BLUM) On May 26, 2013, a decade ago next week, Israeli electric car start-up Better Place went to a better place, figuratively ...
Jun 25, 2013 · Better Place was founded with the goal of being a game-changing company. Agassi predicted he would sell 5,000 cars by 2011 and that electric cars would be the majority on Israel’s roads by 2016.
Nov 9, 2012 · In six months, Better Place has sold only 500 cars in Israel, the country that was supposed to showcase the vision of its founder, Shai Agassi, who predicted 100,000 totally electric vehicles would be on the road by 2016, sticking it to the petroleum industry and the despots it funds. Instead, Agassi is gone, forced out as CEO last month ...
Sep 28, 2017 · Valuable lessons to learn from the crash of Better Place. The monumental failure of Israel’s ambitious electric-car network could lead the way to success according to the author of a new book exploring the demise of the company. Better Place headquarters in better days, October 2011. Photo by Serge Attal/FLASH90. By Brian Blum. September 28 ...
