Today we went to a place called “Better Place”. Here they are advertising and selling the first electric car, which is going to be on the market in 2011. We were able to sit and watch a movie about how the car is going to work. Ideally they want to put charging stations and plugs all over Israel, which sounds like a great idea except that it would be WAY too hard to do in America. The movie was very engaging and the car looked super awesome. Next we got to test drive a proto type for about 10 seconds each on a course. It was a wonderful drive and felt very much like driving a prius. Finally we watched how the battery gets changed in a test area. The best part of the whole experience was the sunset that we got to watch from a balcony at the place. I like the idea of an electric car but I think it is going to be a long time before it comes to the United States.
Iianna Wolfson
|
RSS Feed