Comments on: PHOTOS: Better Place's Battery Swap Station

By: Better Place’s Danish Dreams, Plus a Test Drive of Its First Electric Car

Better Place’s Danish Dreams, Plus a Test Drive of Its First Electric Car — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:44:43 +0000

[...] and Better Place will commercially launch the Fluence, Better Place will start adding in its battery swap stations. Helweg-Larsen said she couldn’t estimate how many EV chargers and swap stations the country [...]

By: Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis

Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:30:02 +0000

[...] vehicle infrastructure company Better Place chose Yokohama, Japan, to show off its first — and the world’s first — battery swapping station. Now the startup is [...]

By: Battery Swapping & Pay-Per-Mile to Speed Adoption of Electric Cars, Says Study

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:33:48 +0000

[...] modeled “adoption rates of electric vehicles with pay-per-mile service contracts” and switchable batteries — basically the Better Place [...]

By: HP_ksee

HP_ksee — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:56:27 +0000

Yes. When they started coming out with electric cars the limits were always distance on one charge...always easy to swap out rather than pull into station and quick charge. My question right now is why aren't school buses or public transportation being pushed and aided to make the switch...their daily routes have to be less than 70 miles.

By: link love | AirDye® - Good for Water

link love | AirDye® - Good for Water — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:35:26 +0000

[...] Earth2Tech snaps photos of Japan’s first drive-through battery swap for electric [...]

By: Green Ink: Demand Doldrums and a Climate Compromise - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Thu, 14 May 2009 12:29:31 +0000

[...] build batteries for locomotives, in the WSJ. Speaking of batteries, Earth2Tech offers a look at the battery-swap stations Better Place would use to create a network of electric [...]

By: Harrison Powers

Harrison Powers — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:25:57 +0000

This needs to look a lot less like an assembly line if it's going to work.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:18:40 +0000

I'm beginning to think that the bad idea that is PBP is appealing to gov't types because it sets up an infrastructure that is easily CONTROLLED (e.g., taxed) even though it's a more expensive option and not in the consumers' best interest.

"Is the revolution here?"

If this is what the revolution is, then I certainly hope not.

By: What to read on the GigaOM network

What to read on the GigaOM network — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:26:13 +0000

[...] May 13, 2009 | 10:26 AM PT | 0 comments Review: SlingPlayer on the iPhone, sans 3G (NewTeeVee) Photos: Better Place’s battery swap station (Earth2Tech) Mifi comes to Sprint with GPS, Simply Everything plan (jkOnTheRun) oDesk launches [...]

By: Olivier

Olivier — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:09:55 +0000

"Is the revolution here?"

YES.