Perhaps one of the more interesting and ambitious startups of recent years is Better Place, which is working to the build global infrastructure necessary to support the widespread use of electric vehicles. The San Francisco Bay Area, Japan, and Israel among some of the locations which have already begun to employ Better Place's electric vehicle infrastructure.
Many of the world's fundamental environmental, economic and geopolitical challenges are due to the heavy reliance on oil as source of energy. There is very little hope of ending the U.S.'s dependence on foreign oil imports until alternative transportation infrastructure, like Better Place and Nissan's new Leaf electric car, are widely available. The effort to create this infrastructure is one of the most important and ambitious undertakings underway today.
For more information about Better Place check out CEO Shai Agassi's recent interview on Charlie Rose.
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