Project Better Place

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Dec 2, 2009 9:52 AM CST

Denmark Goes All-In on Electric Cars

Deal with Better Place aims to make it a 'laboratory country'

(Newser) - Denmark is so gung-ho about electric cars that it’s giving its people a $40,000 tax credit to buy one, and planning to line the streets with charging and battery-swap stations. They’re even keeping free parking open for them in downtown Copenhagen. Yet consumers, and some industry experts,...

Mayor Vows to Fill SF
With Electric Cars

May 15, 2008 10:39 AM CDT

Mayor Vows to Fill SF With Electric Cars

Electric outlets to be as common as cable cars

(Newser) - The streets of San Francisco might not be paved in gold, but they'll soon be clogged with electric cars if Mayor Gavin Newsom has anything to say about it. Newsom is in talks with Project Better Place to fill the city with electric car charging stations, a move that could...

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