mitch672
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If you look at the video, they are driving Nihon Kotsu
http://www.betterplace.com/company/video-detail/tokyo-electric-taxi-project-opening/
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/04/26/daily10.html
"The 90-day test with Nihon Kotsu is the final test before the Palo Alto company does a full system test in Israel this year, the company said.
Better Place in on schedule to launch of systems commercially in Israel and Denmark late next year.
The company's method of switching out batteries on electric cars rather than recharging them will be tested on three taxis at the Roppongi Hills complex in central Tokyo. The lithium-ion batteries, made by A123 Systems Inc. of Watertown, Mass., are designed to go about 100 miles before switching.
Read more: Better Place tests electric car system in Tokyo - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Note: if you read the article and listen carefully, they are supporting 3 taxi cabs in Tokyo, and they have 12 batteries in the swap station to support them, sounds like it will be very costly, but if you need 24 hour operation, that's probably what you'd have to do.
http://www.betterplace.com/company/video-detail/tokyo-electric-taxi-project-opening/
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/04/26/daily10.html
"The 90-day test with Nihon Kotsu is the final test before the Palo Alto company does a full system test in Israel this year, the company said.
Better Place in on schedule to launch of systems commercially in Israel and Denmark late next year.
The company's method of switching out batteries on electric cars rather than recharging them will be tested on three taxis at the Roppongi Hills complex in central Tokyo. The lithium-ion batteries, made by A123 Systems Inc. of Watertown, Mass., are designed to go about 100 miles before switching.
Read more: Better Place tests electric car system in Tokyo - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
"
Note: if you read the article and listen carefully, they are supporting 3 taxi cabs in Tokyo, and they have 12 batteries in the swap station to support them, sounds like it will be very costly, but if you need 24 hour operation, that's probably what you'd have to do.
