On October 1, 2011, the largest electric car rollout in history–complete with charging stations and battery exchanges–will take place in the Middle East and Europe. Better Place and Renault, who have a long working relationship, will make 115,000 automobiles available to the public in Denmark and Israel. According to a presentation given to Deutsche Bank, the release will also include ajoint partnership with General Electric.
Bringing automobiles to market
一直是所有电动供应商的弱点
汽车。更好的地方在本月初宣布deal with Renault for the Israeli and Danish markets最终确定.
在协议的条件下，更好的地方已同意
购买115,000雷诺
Fluence Z.E.电的轿车。这些汽车是在Bursa，土耳其和660个预生产单元制造的。A
单独的电动紧凑型模型也可以放在以色列和
丹麦市场。在速度限制下行驶或以下时，
雷诺的通信能够前进大约110英里
needing a charge.
这将是一个更好的挑战
Place. While the capabilities of the Renault Fluence are far and away
better than those of earlier electric cars, the industry is still in
its infancy. Skeptics will note that going over the speed limit and
simply being stuck in traffic both put a major dent in battery life. Additional car
电池笨拙且不切实际，可以保持汽车，
尤其是在丹麦和以色列的汽车模型传统上拥有的
been on the small side.
Another challenge for Better Place will
be the performance of the Renault Fluence. The automobile takes quite
some time to recharge if one of Better Place’s battery-exchange
centers are not easily available: recharging a car using a home
electric supply takes between six and eight hours, while the
recharging centers Agassi has unveiled still require a solid
半小时，将汽车充电至最大容量。
But this plan is no less audacious than any of the others dreamt up byShai Agassi. The founder of the Israeli-American
company更好的地方已经在全国范围
network of electric car battery swap stations and repowering centers
in his native Israel. By 2020, the small Middle Eastern country will
拥有电动汽车基础设施如此广泛，以至于电力码头
will be available at most gas stations, train stations and mall
parking lots. A smaller-scale project is already underway in Denmark.
Better Place的气体机制
换车电池的电台相当巧妙：
extremely heavy batteries–which weigh approximately 550 pounds
each–are swapped out via a robotic mechanism that slides under
the car, extracts the old battery and inserts a new one. According to
更好的地方，该机制是从以色列空军改编的
抬起导弹进出的程序和战斗机。
德赢提款
haswritten
extensively关于阿加西过去。毕竟，更好的地方
计划在技术方面打击大多数甜点
覆盖范围：Agassi提供巧妙的，生态友好的
product at a price point that, if done correctly, has the
potential to create a massive new market.
Over the past few years, Better Place has
recently unveiled large scale networks in Denmark and Japan. Dong
Energy, Denmark’s largest utility company,签
a massive deal with Better Place由一个单独的丹麦人加强
government agreement to offer a $40,000 tax break on each new
electric car purchased and a refueling networkbased
around train station parking lots（丹斯克）。在东京，更好的地方
has embarked on another project to createswitchable-battery
电出租车.
In Israel, Better Place opened a
visitors’ center where guests制作
reservations online(עברעבר)
and get a 90 minute introduction (and, let’s be frank, sales pitch)
为他们的电动汽车。如果客人有驾驶执照，他们可以
甚至带一辆汽车旋转。但是他们不能
在游客中心做的是购买汽车，甚至发现
可以做到的地方。据称，客户简单地告诉“明年”。
在以色列内，更好的地方有
officially registered with the influentialMotor
Vehicles Importers Association大厅并获得进口许可证
from the Ministry of Transport. Israeli consumers seeking to purchase
electric cars will buy them directly through Better Place and not
来自雷诺。
An unidentified source gave a quote to
Israeli business newspaperGlobes
that implies local car dealers may attempt to sabotage the nascent
electric car industry in Israel:
“Better
Place’s joining the association is like a Trojan Horse. Membership in
该协会将允许更好的地方获得早期信息
and prevent measures by regular car importers to foil or delay the
在以色列部署电动汽车，并促进
与监管机构一起冒险。”
But
for Better Place, the biggest challenges right now are price point
并扩展到大型国家。价格点是一个问题：
Despite deals with multiple nations, the consumer price for an
electric car compatible with Better Place’s product system is still
unknown. An even larger problem is what will be done for countries
在较长的汽车骑行是常态的地方。丹麦和以色列都是
extremely small states; if Better Place hopes to make inroads in
France and Great Britain–let alone the United States, their
基础设施必须首先在这些试点领域进行证明。