Electric cars manufacturer goes south

Better Place announced this afternoon that it is heading Down Under to deploy its electric car infrastructure in Australia. The California-based startup is working with Australian utility AGL Energy to build an electric car charging grid powered by renewable energy. Starting in the heavily populated areas around Melbourne and Sydney, Better Place plans to have the infrastructure up and running by 2012, when its automotive partner Renault-Nissan will start selling electric cars all over the world.

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