January 21, 2008

SOMEONE HAS TO STOP BUYING THE ROPE:

Israel Is Set to Promote the Use of Electric Cars (STEVEN ERLANGER, 1/21/08, NY Times)

On Monday, the Israeli government will announce its support for a broad effort to promote the use of electric cars, embracing a joint venture between an American-Israeli entrepreneur and Renault and its partner, Nissan Motor Company.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, with the active support of President Shimon Peres, intends to make Israel a laboratory to test the practicality of an environmentally clean electric car. The state will offer tax incentives to purchasers, and the new company, with a $200 million investment to start, will begin construction of facilities to recharge the cars and replace empty batteries quickly.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 21, 2008 12:00 AM
Comments

And where, praytell, does the electricity come from?

Posted by: b at January 21, 2008 2:58 PM

A very large coal-fired plant

Posted by: Pete Thamel at January 23, 2008 1:21 AM

Picky picky.

Posted by: erp at January 23, 2008 8:32 AM
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