Israel expects 2011 to be an electric car year
Last updated Oct 14, 2010 — views
“2011 will be [an] ‘Electric Year’ in the Israeli automobile market,” according to Globes Online. “Besides the electric car of the ‘Better Place’ venture, which will start to be sold routinely in the second half of the year, many other electric vehicles, or ‘almost electric’ vehicles, that is, hybrids equipped with large, new generation rechargeable batteries that can be driven dozens of miles on electricity alone, will arrive in Israel.”
“Among them will be the Chevrolet Volt, some examples of which will arrive in Israel for pre-marketing trials; a plug-in version of the veteran Toyota Prius, in which the battery can be charged from the mains to minimize the use of the gasoline engine; and perhaps, towards the end the year, a plug-in vehicle from Chinese manufacturer BYD…”
“…All these vehicles come to Israel ‘hot from the oven’, and will take to its roads at the same time as, or even before, they hit the roads of Europe. One reason is the image created in recent years of Israel as an ideal test bed for vehicles with alternative propulsion…”
[EV Insider note: BYD’s EV is pictured above-right]