Electric Cars, And Chargers, Poised to Flood Israel

about 1 month ago (2010-02-08 20:22:50 UTC) by Chuck Squatriglia via Autopia
Shai Agassi boldly predicts one-third of Israel’s cars will run on electricity within five years. It would be an outlandish claim if the entrepreneur hadn’t lined up a sweet plan to jump-start the country’s adoption of EVs. Agassi’s Silicon...
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