charging
Better Place provides energy when and where you need it with a flexible network of charge spots and battery switch stations.
Charge spots
Plug-in virtually anywhere you go. Better Place’s vast regional network of charge spots will provide convenient, reliable opportunities to charge EVs
Better Place intends to deploy charge spots at private homes, workplaces and public locations such as parking lots and streets. As the vast majority of driving trips are shorter than the range of a fully-charged EV battery, Better Place anticipates that most subscribers will use charge spots as their primary method of recharging. At your home, a Better Place charge spot will provide safe, reliable, high-power charging using the Better Place network. On the street, in your work parking lot or at the shopping center, Better Place charge spots will be available to provide easy access to energy.
Battery switch stations
The Better Place battery switch stations are designed to allow drivers on a long trip to switch a depleted battery for one with a full charge, in less time than it takes to fill a tank with gasoline.
At a Better Place switch station, the driver enters a lane and proceeds along a switch-lane conveyor. The automated switch platform below the vehicle will align under the battery, initiate the battery release process and lower the battery from the vehicle. It will then replace the depleted battery with a fully-charged battery. The depleted battery is placed in a storage room and recharged to be available to other drivers. The process is completed in just a few minutes, while the driver remains in the car, providing a fast and convenient range-extension solution.