Company Maps Out Plan For Car Charging Stations - NYTimes.com

Mr. Agassi’s theory is that the key to persuading more consumers to buy all-electric cars — rather than gas-electric hybrids like a Prius that still create tailpipe emissions — is to build a network of stations that can replace drained batteries with fresh ones.

He believes that will ease drivers’ concerns that they will be limited to trips close to home, where they can recharge their cars at night.

Better Place is just beginning to build its first prototype battery-changing stations in countries like Israel, Denmark and Japan. It hopes to be a critical link in the evolution of the electric-car market.

“The battery is a consumable part of the car, just like gasoline,” Mr. Agassi said. “Cars in the 1950s only went about 100 miles on a tank of gas, and that problem was solved by installing an infrastructure of gas stations.”

Company Maps Out Plan For Car Charging Stations - NYTimes.com