Better Place Opens Electric Vehicle Demonstration Center In Israel

Published: 08-Feb-2010

Better Place has opened the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) demonstration center in Israel, which is constructed inside a refurbished oil tank.

The company marked the occasion by announcing the signing of 92 corporate fleet owners to date as well as a partnership with Dor Alon, an Israel-based gas station operator, for the deployment of battery switch stations at Dor Alon’s facilities.

The company said that the opening of this center represents an important step for the company as it prepares for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark next year.

The center is open to the public to come and familiarize themselves with all aspects of the Better Place solution: a fully electric, battery-powered car; infrastructure that includes charge spots and a battery switch station; and a suite of in-car services.

The Better Place Center is built on the Pi Glilot site. The center sits on a 750sqmt site, offers a virtual experience along with a driving track for the electric vehicles and expects to receive tens of thousands of visitors from Israel and abroad in its first year.

In the near future, the Better Place Center will have the Renault Fluence ZE for demonstrations, which will be available in Israel in 2011. The Better Place Center will be open to the general public, beginning February 14.

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