{"id":3134,"date":"2012-09-13T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:45:52","slug":"edf-energy-innovation-series-feature-11-battery-switch-model-for-electric-vehicles-from-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2012\/09\/13\/edf-energy-innovation-series-feature-11-battery-switch-model-for-electric-vehicles-from-better-place\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF Energy Innovation Series Feature #11: Battery Switch Model For Electric Vehicles From Better Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/EDF-EIS-emailHeader-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3169\" title=\"EDF-EIS-emailHeader (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/EDF-EIS-emailHeader-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>Throughout 2012, <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/energy-innovation-series\">EDF&#8217;s Energy Innovation Series<\/a><\/em><em> will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing, and progressive utilities, to name a few. This series will demonstrate that cost-effective, clean energy solutions are available now and imperative to lowering our dependence on fossil fuels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on this featured innovation, please view this video on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/innovation\/electric-vehicle-innovation\">Better Place\u2019s battery switch model for electric vehicles<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to refueling gas-powered cars, drivers around the world have about 100 years of practice:\u00a0 when you run low on fuel, you look for a gas station.\u00a0 With electric vehicles (EVs) beginning to enter the market, auto manufacturers, grid operators and customers are searching for ways to ease the transition from gas to electricity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterplace.com\/\">Better Place<\/a>, a venture-backed company founded in Silicon Valley, is building charging stations in several countries to serve EV customers, and has designed an innovative approach that may well become the \u201cgas station\u201d of the future.\u00a0 Rather than refill your battery, Better Place\u2019s automated service stations swap it out.<\/p>\n<p>Better Place\u2019s battery switch stations \u2013 which could be described as a mixture of a drive-through car wash and a Jiffy Lube service station \u2013 can extract and replace an electric car\u2019s battery in a matter of minutes, without requiring the driver to get out of the car.\u00a0 To complement the switch stations, Better Place also builds a network of standard charging stations to regularly \u201ctop off\u201d the battery when the car is parked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3170\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/Better-Place3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3170\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/Better-Place3-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/Better-Place3-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2012\/09\/Better-Place3-1024x647.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Better Place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe switching concept makes sense for several reasons,\u201d said John Proctor, Director of Global communications at Better Place.\u00a0 \u201cBattery switch enables us to address the relatively high cost and limited driving range of EVs. \u00a0Better Place buys the battery, removing that burden and worry for drivers, and enables them to quickly switch a battery for a fully charged one to overcome concerns about EVs having enough charge for longer trips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some plug-in models, like the Chevy Volt, have gas powered range extenders that give the car the per-charge range of most gas-powered cars.\u00a0 But many models are powered purely by electricity.\u00a0 Enabling those cars to compete with comparable gas-powered models on cost and convenience is the aim of Better Place around the globe.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the first Renault EVs with \u201cswitchable\u201d batteries were delivered to Better Place customers in Israel, where 20 switching centers have opened throughout the country.\u00a0 The new refueling option is also now available to Better Place drivers in Denmark.\u00a0 In September, in the Netherlands, the company opened a switching station at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for electric taxis that serve airport travelers and drive upwards of 50,000 miles per year.<\/p>\n<p>Israel, the Netherlands and other European countries are especially fertile ground for the Better Place approach.\u00a0 Outside the U.S., transportation is viewed as a more practical, non-partisan, logistical issue.\u00a0 Many of these cities and countries are really pushing the envelope to find alternatives that serve their citizens without sacrifice, but also address carbon and oil dependency.<\/p>\n<p>Company leaders intend to succeed first where the market conditions are most attractive, and then expand to other countries more broadly, like the U.S.\u00a0 Though its American presence is relatively small, Better Place is already operating a network of charging stations in Hawaii and developing an electric taxi project in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHawaii is a good place to start in the U.S. because its location makes it so dependent on imported oil, and EVs support the state\u2019s goal to cut dependence on imported fossil fuels by at least 70 percent by 2030,\u201d said Proctor.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, EVs that take advantage of Better Place\u2019s 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The company has developed an in-car navigation and energy management system that connects each car to the Better Place network, and the network\u2019s operations center communicates with electric utilities and takes energy availability into account.\u00a0 This enables the company to simultaneously manage the charging of thousands of cars and their batteries to serve as mobile energy storage that can \u201csmart charge\u201d at night when wind power is abundant and cheap, and ultimately feed the grid during peak hours when most energy is used.\u00a0 The result is a heavier reliance on clean, renewable, home-grown energy and less harmful air pollution and damage done by domestic oil drilling and coal mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout 2012, EDF&#8217;s Energy Innovation Series will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing, and progressive utilities, to name a few. 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