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To: Keith J who wrote (46792)	2/28/2012 5:49:31 PM
From: Sergio H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78519

No offense taken. If you are interested, keep reading. I like the FT article. It offers a glimpse at what the future may bring.

To: Keith J who wrote (46792)	3/5/2012 9:53:10 AM
From: Sergio H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78519

I am still searching for a value play on electric cars/batteries. Here's two concepts that are promising and provide novel solutions. Both are American companies targeting overseas problems. Better Place says they have 20,000 individual customers on a waiting list to buy the cars, and 70,000 tentative orders from fleet customers. "That's nearly half the car market for Israel," technologyreview.com <Next month, Better Place, a startup based in California, will begin selling electric cars in Israel that come with subscription packages that include a leased battery and the cost of recharging it. Gasoline is expensive and taxes on gas-powered cars are high in Israel, and the company says the packages could make owning an electric car 20 percent cheaper than owning a gasoline-powered car. Better Place is trying to solve the biggest challenge to the widespread adoption of electric cars: the limitations imposed by battery chemistry.> Aquion Energy, located in Penn. aquionenergy.com makes low-cost batteries for large-scale electricity storage is targeting countries like India where millions of people live off the grid.