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The End of the Age of Oil: Will It Be a Soft or Hard Landing?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Suburbs, Christopher Steiner, Crude Oil Prices, $20 Per Gallon, Sustainable Food, Peak Oil, Nuclear Power, Electric Cars, High Speed Rail, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Airlines, Wal-Mart, Farming, Mass Transit, Alternative Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Airline Industry, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Oil Prices, Better Place, James Howard Kunstler, Business News
Anis Shivani

Reading Steiner's $20 Per Gallon makes us realize how contingent our way of life is, and how uncertain its future prospects are.

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Electric Cars Could Dominate U.S. Roads in 2030

cnbc.com | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Better Place, Electric Vehicle Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Electric Cars, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO - Electric car sales could jump to 86 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales in 2030 if consumers don't have to buy batteries themselves, a...

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Practical And Green: Charge Electric Cars While Shopping

Israel News | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Cars, Cars, Better Place, Israel, Shai Agassi, Green Cars, Green News

Parking spaces next to the recharging points will be reserved for customers who want to recharge their electric cars while shopping. Over the next few...

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Shai Agassi, Post-Oil Visionary, Named Third Most Creative Businessperson

Fast Company | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Cars, Better Place, Cars, Shai Agassi, Green Cars, Green News

We emphasized those whose creativity addresses a larger issue -- from the future of our energy infrastructure to the evolution of philanthropy to next...

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Better Place Electric Car Infrastructure Primer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Hawaii, Australia, Ontario, Electric Cars, Cars, Israel, Better Place, Green Cars, Shai Agassi, Denmark, Green Technology, Green News

We've followed Shai Agassi's "Better Place" electric car infrastructure proposals with great interest, wondering if places that have struck deals with...

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Israel's Natural Gas Bonanza Could Help Electric Cars -- Or Start A War

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ap, Electric Cars, Better Place, Cars, Israel, Green Energy, Shai Agassi, Green Technology, Natural Gas, Green News

Amidst all its struggles to develop clean and cleaner technologies (and a recent war with Gaza), it seem that Israelis got a huge gift this week: they...

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Perfect Storm for Innovation Gathers in Washington

Neil Young | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Auto Bailout, Green Cars, Big Three Automakers, Better Place, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Car Czar, Green Living, The Automotive X Prize, Neil Young, 100 Days, Green News
Neil Young

Innovators should swarm like locusts on Washington in January, February and March to show the Car Czar how to make fuel-efficient cars.

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The Inspired Auto Bailout Of Tom Friedman's Dreams

Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Tom Friedman, Automaker Bailout, Electric Cars, Better Place, Cars, Shai Agassi, Green Cars, Tom Friedman Shai Agassi, Green News

Tom Friedman's column today bemoans the lack of foresight and innovative thinking in Detroit. While the topic isn't particularly new -- can you think ...

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Hawaii To Build Statewide Electric Car Network

Fortune | Todd Woody | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Hawaii, Better Place, Hawaii Electric Cars, Electric Cars, Green News

Silicon Valley startup Better Place on Tuesday announced a deal with Hawaii's government and the state's biggest utility to build an electric car char...

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San Francisco Partners With Shai Agassi's Electric Car Scheme, a $1 Billion Project

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 12.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Automotive Industry, San Fransisco, Environment, Israel, Cars, Electric Car, Better Place, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Shai Agassi, Israel21c, California, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

The financial crisis is hurting Americans, but months before the hit fuel costs were already gouging into people's pockets. Some were forced to carpoo...

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Recharge America with Electric Cars

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Bail Out, Green Jobs, Economy, Green, Jobs, Washington DC, Ev, Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bay Area, California, Ron Dellums, Chuck Reed, Gavin Newsom, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Better Place, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, Silicon Valley, Detroit, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Auto Industry, Oregon, Green News
Gavin Newsom

Yesterday, joined by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, I announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S."

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