Australia plans electric vehicle network

October 23rd, 2008

This picture, released by Israeli Project Better Place in January 2008, shows an electrically powered vehicle. The US firm Better Place Thursday unveiled plans to build a massive one-billion-dollar (667 million USD) charging network to power electric cars in Australia as it seeks cleaner and cheaper options to petrol.

A US firm Thursday unveiled plans to build a massive one-billion-dollar (667 million US) charging network to power electric cars in Australia as it seeks cleaner and cheaper options to petrol.

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• Lord_jag - Oct 24, 2008
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  Funny...
  
  A US firm building infrastructure in Austrailia when it won't build it in the US...
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• Rick69 - Oct 24, 2008
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  Probably because their business plan shows this will make money in Australia and not in the US.
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