Better Place

Tesla has shown off a 90 second battery swap solution at its Hawthorne Studios in Los Angeles

After just one year of commercial operation, a motion has been filed in Israel asking for the dissolution of battery-swapping company Better Place.

Better Place is launching the world’s first switchable-battery electric taxi in Tokyo that solves the dual problems of relatively short range and long downtimes for battery recharging of electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles of small proportions are beginning to emerge as the theme of this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Renault showed a comprehensive range of electric vehicles dubbed the Z.E. range, which it will begin selling in 2010