I saw this Digg post and had to respond, although quickly. Hang on another year or so because there will be cheap electric cars, in Israel.
Shia Agassi and Israel’s Better Place Project have a plan to take over the roads with electric cars within a couple years. They’re borrowing from mobile phone service’s business models.
The car you see below will be so ubiquitous that you will not only be able to charge it all over Israel, but you’ll even be able to quickly swap your drained battery with fully charged one to keep you on the go. How much will these cars cost? Nothing!
At least that’s the plan. According the Shai Agassi, the electric car service should be able to afford to give the cars away for free so long as customers agree to a service agreement for six years. In the same way that mobile phone services charge per minute, they’re going to charge for battery changes and electricity.
It’s going to be very exciting to watch and see if the electric car services proliferate as quickly as mobile phone services did. I’m betting they take off even faster.
