Project Better Place is planning on bringing electric cars and a charging network to Australia by 2012.
In a deal unveiled in Melbourne, international company Better Place plans to team up with AGL Energy and Macquarie Capital Group to set up a network of "charging spots" and "battery exchange stations" to power electric vehicles in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Shai Agassi, chief executive officer of Better Place, said he hoped Australia would prove that electric cars can work anywhere and that the technology to support electric cars is available now.
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Better Place plans to set-up a network of charging spots, to top up batteries, that would be located in places where cars park, including home garages, shopping centres and office car parks.
Additionally, on the outskirts of city centres and on freeways, "battery switching stations" would be built for trips longer than 161 kilometres.
Mr Agassi said Better Place wants to to build the infrastructure first, while the company was dealing with car manufacturers to produce the battery-run cars.
"You can't sell cell phones before you have the towers," he said.
Thanks to Jess at Sustainable Suburbia for blogging this and linking to the article in The Age news paper.
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