Plan for SF Bay Area electric car battery exchange stations plan

Hello,

Better Place is a startup who wants to supply the infrastructure for electric cars. Cars will be designed with a standard battery. Better Place provides both a recharging and exchange stations. If you driving locally, you can simply recharge the batters over night. If your driving for a longer distance, you'll stop at a exchange station. You pull in and the battery is swapped with a full changed battery. The have a contract with the country of Israel.

Today they announced a regional agreement with Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose. Here is the write up in the Chronicle.

-jk