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Renault teaming up with Project Better Place to help build electric car future for Israel
Israel is looking to become independent of oil by 2020, and with the help of California-based Project Better Place and Renault-Nissan, it just may get there.

Renault-Nissan Partnership to Develop Electric Cars for Israel
Renault and Nissan are joining forces to develop electric cars that Project Better Place will sell throughout Israel under a government-led campaign to promote alternative fuels.

Israel is embracing the electric car on a wide scale
Israel, tiny and without oil, has decided to embrace the electric car.

Israel to rely on electric cars driving down oil imports
Israel will set out plans today to cut drastically its dependence on oil imports, with a private-sector initiative for a nationwide electric car network.

Agassi: Renault will Produce the Electric Car
Renault will produce an electric car for us, and it will become available commercially starting from 2011, said Shai Agassi today at the dedication ceremony for the Project Better Place electric car venture at the President's Residence.

Renault Battery Car to be sold in Israel
The Renault-Nissan alliance plans to start selling thousands of electric cars in Israel in 2011 in what it believes will be the first mass commercialization of the zero-emission vehicles to individual customers, Renault sources say.

Israel Enters Electric Car Partnership
At a conference a year ago, Shimon Peres, then vice premier in Ehud Olmert's cabinet, heard a charismatic young man named Shai Agassi, a member of the executive board of the German software giant SAP AG, give a talk on alternative, sustainable energy and how this would benefit Israel's environment.

Israel Says Shalom to Electric Cars
When you are a tiny country with almost no oil, located in a volatile region, and your gasoline consistently sells for over $6 a gallon, electric cars are an especially attractive option.

Renault-Nissan signs deal to develop mass-market electric vehicles in Israel
Renault-Nissan said it has signed a deal with US partner Project Better Place to begin selling electric vehicles in Israel by 2011.

Renault to develop electric cars for Israel project
Renault-Nissan said Monday it signed a deal to begin mass producing electric cars as part of an Israeli-led project to develop alternative energy sources.

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