Why Plug in When you can Swap out?

Project Better Place was started by Shai Agassi to make electric cars a truly viable option. Instead of plugging in over a period of 6 or 8 hours, he dreamt up stations where you could pull in … and pull your battery out. Slip in a fully charged pack and you’re back on the open road.

This kind of reminds me of the City Car idea, with stackable, rentable autos you could drive from one place to another, but something more people could easily gravitate toward.

The State of Israel liked the idea so much that laws have already been put in place to support this kind of advancement, and plan on being oil free in the near future. (Well, oil free as far as passenger cars are concerned.)

Renault-Nissan is developing a car and battery pack to fill the role of the world’s first electric car fit with a battery meant to be changed regularly. A working prototype debuted Sunday in Tel Aviv, and are expected to hit Israeli roads sometime next year.

[Source:Autoblog Green, Project Better Place]

[Image Source: Project Better Place]