California-based Better Place today unveiled its first plugged-in parking lots and charging spot design in Israel, where the company’s electric car charging network is being deployed.
Better Place also announced significant details about its vision for how the charging networks and eletric cars will interact.
In every electric car on the network, Better Place will install its operating system to serve as the intelligence for the car and the network. The system will centralize the energy consumption of the car and help drivers plan travel routes so that the car always has enough power to get to and from a destination, according to a company release.
The Better Place software in the car will be connected to the service control center, which is designed to provide information and solutions for driving destinations in real time. The control center centralizes the energy consumption, regulates the different demands, and produces an energy consumption plan that is fitted to each car.
Better Place also said it signed an agreement with a parking lot company in Israel, suggesting a new opportunity for this industry may be on the horizon.
The entire Better Place infrastructure includes charging spots, battery exchange stations and the service control center that plans the energy consumption of the car and the whole system.
The charging spot that has been developed in Israel, complies with international standards and will be deployed in Israel, Denmark, Australia, Californian, Hawaii and in other countries where Better Place will deploy its infrastructure, the company said.
The Better Place charging spot was designed by San Francisco-based strategic design agency, "New Deal Design."
Tal Agassi, director of infrastructure products and international deployment development for Better Place, said: "In designing and deploying the charge spot, our top priority is the driver’s experience. We set out to design a user friendly and simple charging experience for the user that will encourage drivers to switch from the pump to the plug."
In recent weeks, Better Place has announced the development of its first U.S. electric car charging networks in San Francisco and Hawaii.
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