Wow!….I have wonderful eco- news to share with you! Israel is going electric…with the car that is…What does that mean exactly? Read on….

The NY Times reported yesterday “the Israeli government will announce its support for a broad effort to promote the use of electric cars, embracing a joint venture between American-Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi and Renault and its partner, Nissan Motor Company.”

I’m getting the chills all over…

Shai Agassi, an American-Israeli entrepreneur, announcing his plans to make electric cars sell like cell phones in Isreal by the end of 2010. Isn’t he handsome?

Here are more details as stated in the NY Times article:

“The idea, said Shai Agassi, 39, the software entrepreneur behind the new company Project Better Place, is to sell electric car transportation on the model of the cellphone.”

“Purchasers get subsidized hardware — the car — and pay a monthly fee for expected mileage, like minutes on a cellphone plan, eliminating concerns about the fluctuating price of gasoline.”

Yes, hello! We love the idea!

Israeli road sign…Read on for more details….

“With $100 a barrel oil, we’ve crossed a historic threshold where electricity and batteries provide a cheaper alternative for consumers,” Mr. Agassi said. “You buy a car to go an infinite distance, and we need to create the same feeling for an electric car — that you can fill it up when you stop or sleep and go an infinite distance.”

Brilliant, brilliant…and check this out. Mr. Agassi’s company Project Better Place will provide lithium-ion batteries which will get 124 miles per charge…Yes, you heard right? When can I get one of these?

And more eco-love here. He proposes that meters on streets will have plugs to recharge your car, stations on highways and even at car washes, you can get your battery charged or replaced…Easy access…He and his company have have put up $100 million so far…

“Mr. Agassi and his investors are convinced that the cost of running such a car will be significantly cheaper than a model using gasoline (currently $6.28 a gallon here.)”…Source is Treehugger.com

A maverick you are, Shai Agassi and I don’t know anything about your politics. What I do know is I love your plan to bring electric cars to a tiny country with almost no oil in a volatile region. That is a giant leap towards bringing peace to the area and the planet, actually…I’m seeing it more and more–mavericks like you are changing the world.

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