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Better Place: $850 Million, One Car and No Key Fobs in Hawaii

November 11, 2026 by Toni
Better Place parade of Renault Fluence Z.E. cars at the first Israeli deliveries, January 2012

Better Place raised $850 million to swap EV batteries and left Hawaii drivers without key fobs after its 2013 collapse. Tesla’s swap pilot and NIO’s 100M swaps.

Categories History Tags bankruptcy, battery swapping, Better Place, electric cars, EV history, Harris Ranch, Hawaii, NIO, OpConnect, Renault Fluence Z.E., Shai Agassi, Tesla battery swap Leave a comment
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