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The California company Tesla Motors will receive a loan of $ 465 million for the establishment of a factory in southern California, which will support the construction of its new Model S. By 2012, Tesla and should produce 20,000 units of its 100% electric sports sedan. His production could reach up 40,000 or 50,000 units with variations crossover, convertible and coupe. According to Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy, investing in this way, the U.S. government wants to support the development of electric transport and, in turn, reduce U.S. dependence on oil to. Such investment is expected to create hundreds of jobs. Tesla estimates alone, the plant will create 1600. Diarmuid O'Connell, VP of the company also announced that the buildings will be located at the Stanford Research Park, and produce batteries, motors, and controllers power. It is expected that the factory also produces other components for electric vehicles developed by other automakers such as Daimler.

The Model S sedan Tesla is a 100% electric can recharge its battery from an outlet of 120V, 240V or 480V, the latter taking only 45 minutes. The base price revolves around U.S. $ 50,000. The Standard Model S goes from 0 to 96 km / h in under six seconds and has a top speed electronically limited to 209 km / hr.

Meanwhile, Better Place announced new funding of $ 350 million HSBC Group, is one of its biggest investments in "clean tech". The funds are distributed equitably among HSBC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Lazard Asset Management. In return Adeson Kevin, Head of Global Capital Financing at HSBC, will join the Board of Directors of Better Place and take 10% stake in the company: "We are confident that Better Place has the technical and commercial solutions for enable mass adoption of electric cars in the short term. The solution of exchangeable batteries offer the customer an affordable and attractive alternative to current gasoline engines and vehicles hybrids. We expect that the Better Place model is adopted across many countries or cities, especially where markets have policies strongly support the adoption of electric vehicles. "With this new success, Better Place confirms the proper handling of its program to launch in Israel and Denmark scheduled for late 2011, when the first Renaults to exchangeable battery will be hitting the market. The company also has projects in Australia and deployment markets North America, where the launches in Denmark and Israel are finalized.

Moreover, the R & D department of the company continues to test each element of the solution Better Place, viewed in real-world scenarios like the project in Tokyo, a network of electric taxis. Agassi explains his view the proper positioning of Better Place: "Our technology and solutions, backed by our strong partnership with Renault, we have provided at least two years ahead of other approaches to vehicles using alternative energy. Our solution is the only feasible on a large scale to reduce oil consumption and significantly reduce emissions while providing electric cars customers more convenient and more affordable than cars with internal combustion. "

The objectives of Better Place and Renault are ambitious. Bring 100,000 electric car charging network associated with the batteries in the streets of Israel and Denmark to 2016. Renault plans to install the cars in the car Fluence ZE. The software will know when and where he can recharge his car, the battery charging is a key point of the deployment of electric vehicles. This partnership is part of Renault's determination to turn entirely to electric vehicles. The manufacturer had decided earlier to stop its development in the hybrid car. Nissan 44% owned by Renault will launch next year the Leaf, a full electric car is expected to produce another similar vehicle within two years. The Fluence

Ze should have a range of 100 miles after 8 hours of charging, or just 3 hours of charging in a high voltage station. Only 20 minutes are needed for a charge of 80% while 3 minutes will be sufficient to replace the battery in a Better Place station. Shai Agassi

, by 2020 half the cars sold in countries with infrastructure should be Better Place electric vehicle. A forecast which is not unanimity of players in the automotive sector. Some builders remain skeptical of the exchange model of battery that would provide unrealistic constraints on the design of electric cars and requires infrastrucutures very costly to bear.

BE U.S. number 193 (29/01/2010) - The Embassy of France to the United States / ADIT - http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/62105.htm