Technology of the Year We are not short of green technologies, but how to popularize them is another matter. Until now electric cars are not popular because of short mileage and long recharge time. Project Better Place found a clever solution: you drive into a recharge station, then it will replace your depleted battery with a fresh one. All this is done in a few minutes time like refilling gas. The battery will be recharged overnight and install into another car next day. You purchase an electric car excluding the battery and sign up a service plan for getting battery replacement. With the help of PBP and Renault-Nissan, Israel will be the first country in the world to apply electric cars in large scale. Hopefully by 2020 it will be oil independent. |
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