Search results
Better Place was a venture-backed international company that developed and sold battery charging and battery switching services for electric cars. It was formally based in Palo Alto, California, but the bulk of its planning and operations were steered from Israel, where both its founder Shai Agassi and its chief investors resided.
- 2007
- Transport
- Shai Agassi
- Venture backed private
Mar 5, 2013 · Better Place, which staked out its position in the electric car market with an innovative battery-swapping technology, has sold only about 750 cars in Israel, while piling up losses of more than ...
May 23, 2023 · Many former Lavi employees were re-employed by the Arrow anti-ballistic missile program. Others helped Israel launch its first satellite into space in 1988. “Better Place, however, may not have been big enough to produce a Lavi effect,” Singer speculated. Dan Cohen, who served as Better Place’s CEO in 2013, disagreed.
Apr 7, 2014 · Orphaned Better Place charging stations along Route 90, Israel’s longest highway, photographed in March 2014. CEO Shai Agassi hired noted designer and fellow Israeli Gadi Amit to style them.
Feb 8, 2010 · “With the Better Place project, for the first time, we in Israel are providing a solution for one of the biggest global problems,” said Agassi. ... Better Place Israel CEO Moshe Kaplinsky, a ...
May 26, 2013 · Better Place became one of Israel’s showcase companies, ... However, fewer than 1,000 of the project cars made it on to the road in Israel’s experiment. VB Daily. Stay in the know! Get the ...
Jan 22, 2008 · According to Project Better Place, electric cars are well-suited to Israel because 90 percent of Israeli car owners drive less than 43.5 miles (70 kilometers) a day and major urban centers are ...
