Denmark signs deal to implement Israel’s electric car project (wind turbine powered cars again)

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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17370/1103/

Denmark signs deal to implement Israel’s electric car project

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Friday, 28 March 2008

The electric vehicle (EV) project by Shai Agassi, now underway in Israel, will see electric cars on sale from next year, matched by an infrastructure of charging stations that will replace flat batteries with charged ones. Now Denmark has signed up to the plan, aiming to charge the batteries with wind power, with at least 30 more countries wanting to get on the electric bandwagon.

Shai Agassi, an Israeli technology entrepreneur that was an SAP board member from 2001 to 2007, had a dream: to deliver electric cars to the world, sold in a similar way to mobile phones and voice minutes today.

A fascinating article in the International Herald Tribune gives details on Shai Agassi and the project in Israel, which only got the go-ahead in January 2008, while Agassi’s own blog, ‘The Long Tailpipe’, gives further valuable background, including how Agassi got the support of Israel's President and Prime Minister, with the project funded by US $200m of venture capital, not by Israeli Government funds.

Using Israel as a test bed, thousands of car charging spots will be installed, as well as hundreds of battery changing stations, to help Israel massively reduce its dependence on oil, help to clean up the atmosphere, and prove to the world that electric cars and accompanying infrastructure aren’t just an impossible dream, but are fully possible with today’s technology.

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