Comments on: Better Place to Build First U.S. Electric Vehicle Network in Bay Area

By: Why a Better Place Network in Cali Will Look Very Different Than Israel, Denmark

Why a Better Place Network in Cali Will Look Very Different Than Israel, Denmark — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:01:38 +0000

[...] Earlier this week electric vehicle infrastructure startup Better Place raised one of the largest rounds of financing in the cleantech sector ever, to help build out networks in regions like Israel and Denmark. On the day of the announcement I wondered (out loud) whether Better Place was still moving forward on its plans for California’s Bay Area and across the state — plans that were announced with great fanfare at the end of 2008. [...]

By: Small Business

Small Business — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:14:46 +0000

Great post, thanks for the info

By: What Good Are Regional Climate Compacts? Cali Cities Aim to Find Out « Earth2Tech

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:01:42 +0000

[...] Ron Dellums of Oakland, Gavin Newsom of San Francisco and Chuck Reed of San Jose (who also came together late last year to try to facilitate buildout of Better Place electric vehicle charging [...]

By: Ecotality, Nissan to Hook Up Arizona Car Charging Network « Earth2Tech

Ecotality, Nissan to Hook Up Arizona Car Charging Network « Earth2Tech — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:01:37 +0000

[...] to be early testers of EV charging networks. In San Francisco, where Better Place already has some big plans in the works, competitor Coulomb Technologies installed a small number of charging stations in [...]

By: How Will Better Place’s Business Model Hold Up in the Downturn? « Earth2Tech

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:02:09 +0000

[...] projects are now being considered in Denmark, Israel, Australia, Japan, Ontario, Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area), they won’t get off the ground without financing — a whole lot of [...]

By: San Francisco to Install Coulomb Electric Vehicle Charging Stations « Earth2Tech

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:57:25 +0000

[...] says in the release that he wants San Francisco to be the “EV Capital of the U.S” (he said the same thing when the Bay Area announced another electric vehicle charging deal with Better Place earlier this [...]

By: GM to Partner With San Francisco for Volt Rollout « Earth2Tech

GM to Partner With San Francisco for Volt Rollout « Earth2Tech — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:00:11 +0000

[...] First comes infrastructure, then come the cars. That was the logic behind San Francisco’s deal with vehicle-charging network startup Better Place, and today General Motors said that it’s working with that city’s utility regulators, [...]

By: Coulomb’s Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are Live in San Jose « Earth2Tech

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:46:45 +0000

[...] — vehicle charging power to those early adopters that do have plug-in cars. Like another electric vehicle infrastructure company Better Place, Coulomb plans to offer subscription plans. That includes a limited-time “Basic Access” [...]

By: Obama Eyeing Better Place? « Earth2Tech

Obama Eyeing Better Place? « Earth2Tech — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:39:34 +0000

[...] raking in headlines for the past several weeks with its announcements of partnerships with Hawaii, the California Bay Area, and Japan. But there’s a considerably more speculative report out recently from the [...]

By: San Francisco Green Team Spared the Ax — for Now « Earth2Tech

San Francisco Green Team Spared the Ax — for Now « Earth2Tech — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:25:03 +0000

[...] a Tesla-driving mayor who blogs against “drill baby drill,” and soon, electric vehicle infrastructure by Better Place — faces a staggering budget deficit for next year. Mayor Gavin Newsom revealed a plan for $71 [...]