$1 billion in funding. Partner with Renault. Charging stations next to off ramps and gas stations. Hundreds of public electrical outlets...robots were installed at dozens of service stations that could extract the used battery from underneath the car and replace it with a fresh one in about five minutes. The idea was to put an end to so-called range anxiety, which has long been offered as an explanation for why electric cars have failed to catch on with consumers. With the Better Place network, a driver could easily navigate from, say, Tel Aviv to the resort town of Eilat, a little over 200 miles away, with only 15 minutes or so in stops.
1,500 cars sold.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3028159/a...e-better-place