http://www.newstin.com/us/SHAI_AGASSI Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66142846 Shai Agassi was predicted to be the future CEO of SAP. Instead, he started Project Better Place. This is an ambitious game changing idea to create infrastructure to support electric cars. In a way, his work is one part of the... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66142846 2008-07-02T12:30:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65861603 - Daimler plans to roll out a Mercedes-Benz model that runs on electricity in 2010, its chief executive said in a newspaper interview. "We plan an electric Smart for 2010 and for the same year a Mercedes (electric) model as... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:32:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65861603 2008-07-01T18:32:25Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66177754 If your car gets stolen in Tel Aviv and you suspect the thieves might have slipped off with it to Ramallah, don't expect the PA Police to look into the matter on your behalf. One of the P.A. officers may be driving it. Tune... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66177754 2008-07-01T21:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65501908 The company will invest up to $100 million in Better Place. Israel Corp. (TASE: ILCO ) is to inject a further $15.5 million into Better Place, the electric car project headed by Shai Agassi. In an announcement to the Tel Aviv... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:48:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65501908 2008-06-30T06:48:56Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65039776 While we just spoke to Shai Agassi inside the beltway, the Project Better Place founder and CEO was back on Capitol Hill yesterday to testify before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming. The... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:48 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65039776 2008-06-27T07:00:48Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65050523 While we just spoke to Shai Agassi inside the beltway, the Project Better Place founder and CEO was back on Capitol Hill yesterday to testify before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming. The... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65050523 2008-06-26T21:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64793410 Today, Project Better Place founder and CEO Shai Agassi will testify before Congress, in a hearing titled “$4 Gasoline and Fuel Economy: Auto Industry at a Crossroads.” If, like me, you’re interested in what he has to say, you... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:54:26 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64793410 2008-06-26T06:54:26Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64511588 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Shimon Peres spoke at a business conference in Jerusalem Tuesday and promoted the Valley of Peace project for joint Palestinian Authority (PA)-Israeli ventures in the Dead Sea... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:14:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64511588 2008-06-24T19:14:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64191836 News from Green Car Congress is that Daimler plans to have an electric Mercedes in addition to an electric smart car on the market by 2010, according to CEO Dieter Zetsche in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine. I am... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:01:40 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64191836 2008-06-22T22:01:40Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63953053 Shai Agassi, founder of Project Better Place, is largely regarded as one of today's hottest eco-entrepreneurs. Watch him explain his incredibly innovative business model, "Zero-Emissions for Zero-Dollars," at the recent... Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:17:15 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63953053 2008-06-21T13:17:15Z