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Hawaii Governor Lingle and Better Place Announce Partnership
Governor Linda Lingle and Shai Agass unveiled a plan to bring an electric-car network to Hawai’i, creating a model for the adoption of electric cars in the U.S. The move - only the second of its kind announced in the nation - will help fuel Hawai’i's drive to lead the nation in renewable energy use, create jobs locally, while also helping to secure our energy future.
Better Place, the world’s leading mobility operator, plans to begin permitting for the network and begin introducing vehicles, with mass-market availability of electric cars in 2012. Hawai’i joins Israel, Denmark, Australia and California since Better Place was founded in October 2007, committed to deploying the world’s first electric car networks.