- Shai Agassi, Better Place‘s CEO and Founder, announced in San Francisco Thursday night that the next president could have Better Place’s electric vehicle infrastructure up and running for $100 Billion.
- Better Place aims at building an electric car network of charging spots and battery swapping locations throughout the country.
- The incredibly ambitious, yet sensible startup has already signed on Israel and Denmark as beta countries; Israel at a cost $200 million.
- To put things into perspective, Agassi explained that the US undergoes $100 Billion in oil imports within 2 months.
- To keep everyone wanting more, Agassi also announced that he just signed on a third “large” country, which he will be announcing sometime next week.
tinyUPDATE: Better Place just announced their third “large” country Agassi was talking about last week. More information will come out tomorrow but Better Place says, “We selected Australia, the world’s sixth largest country, to show that our model works in any country, regardless of size. If Australia can do it, so can others.”
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