Globes: Better Place launches Dutch electric taxis
3 September 12 15:45–Better Place Inc. today launched an electric taxi project at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The Dutch electric taxi project is the first green venture financed by the EU’s Ten-T decarbonization infrastructure program.
Better Place built the battery replacement station at Schiphol Airport that will initially serve 10 Renault Fluence ZE electric taxis operated by three leading Dutch taxi companies. Better Place added that it will build a second battery replacement station in Amsterdam to increase the range of the taxi service for the first group of electric cabs.
Better Place also announced the appointment of Paul Harms as CEO of Better Place Netherlands.
Netherlands Ambassador to Israel Caspar Veldkamp said that Better Place met the challenge and deadline set by the Dutch government and EU for the first stage in establishing an electric car network in the Netherlands and Europe…Read More>>
