London - Users of electric vehicle turned out to not have a headache thinking a long time to "recharge" batteries.
Better Place, a company specializing to the battery exchange services, began to open its business in Europe since March 3.
The electric vehicle users simply bring their cars to Better Place. The almost gone or empty battery battery is exchanged with the fully rechargeable battery .
Replacement of battery is the same length of time by filling gasoline at the pump. Special robots will handle the replacement of it and the driver did not have to come down from the vehicle.
First center for charging the battery in Europe was opened in cooperation with Renault. Its location is in the Danish capital, Copenhagen as a city associated to eco-friendly city held for COP15 climate change conference last year.
Better Place has been testing ways in Tokyo against the electric-powered taxis.
So far the mileage and the charging time is still a problem for electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf. In fact, Better Place stations onsite sure that stations are the answer for urban drivers.
The opening of the station in Europe is in partnership with Renault for the French manufacturer will release fluence ZE at the end of this year. The possibility is pointed out that the vehicle will be one of the first to use the services of Better Place.
Renault will offer the fluence ZE of the price of 27,496 euros and Better Place will offer the driver as one of the five packages starting from 199 euros per month to 399 euros (including the cost of 1341 euros for the installation of "charger" house).