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The Future of NOT Plugging in Your Electric Vehicle. Better Place finishes successful Tokyo taxi battery swap trials, Israel and Denmark are next Electric vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place has concluded a three-month field test in Tokyo to prove its battery swapping technology works as promised. In cooperation with Nissan and battery supplier A123 System, three Rogue crossovers were converted to electric drive and given replaceable batteries. The battery-powered Rogues were used as taxis in the Japanese capital and had their 17 kilowatt-hour batteries replaced several times a day. In the test form, the Rogue EV has a real world range of 50-60 miles.  Autoblog Green Via electricpower Via Electric Power Zoom

The Future of NOT Plugging in Your Electric Vehicle.

Better Place finishes successful Tokyo taxi battery swap trials, Israel and Denmark are next

Electric vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place has concluded a three-month field test in Tokyo to prove its battery swapping technology works as promised. In cooperation with Nissan and battery supplier A123 System, three Rogue crossovers were converted to electric drive and given replaceable batteries. The battery-powered Rogues were used as taxis in the Japanese capital and had their 17 kilowatt-hour batteries replaced several times a day. In the test form, the Rogue EV has a real world range of 50-60 miles. 

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Via electricpower


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