What will you be driving in 2010? A Sneak Peek
Posted on May 13, 2008 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Environment, Social, Technology |
If you answered “One of the two yellow Hummers in Israel”, you may not really be interested in the rest of this post. For the rest of us, we could end up driving electric cars within the next 2 years, thanks to Shai Agassi and Renault. The latest model has been spotted circling around parking lots in Tel Aviv. I wonder who the lucky guy/gal is that gets to test it and is forced to drive around in circles all day. Weee!
While I admit that this is no flying car, the electric car will create cleaner air and lower our dependency on fossil fuels, a good thing considering the only oil Israel has is olive oil and it’s too tasty to be wasted on transportation.
Newsweek explains that 150 recharging stations aka ’swaps’ will be built around Israel and will take the same amount of time to fill up as a traditional gas pump. You’ll also be able to recharge at home or the office for shorter distances. Drivers can pay for the recharging with monthly subscriptions, similar to a cellphone plan, and it should end up being cheaper than gas.
When these guilt-free and cheaper fueling electric cars become available to the public, I will definitely want one. But I ain’t getting on the roads until the national aggression level in Israeli drivers is lowered significantly. Where is Project Better Drivers? That is the real question here.
Shai Agassi, of Project Better Place, is speaking at the President’s Conference in Jerusalem this week, so hopefully we’ll learn of the latest status of the project and report it here on israelplug.
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I don’t really understand how electric cars are better for the enviroment. The electricity has to come from some where, right? And whereever that is, unless its wind, solor, or hydro, it produces some kind of polution.
But really i don’t care.
Less dependence on forein oil, cheaper, what else do you want. this is cool and once again israel is on the cutting edge.
Matt, I asked the main investor in this project the same question - the electricity has to be produced somehow, so how? I have his answer written down, and will look it up and write a post about that soon.