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Project Better Place, in partnership with Renault/Nissan and the Israeli government, will build a national electric car infrastructure.

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A major manufacturer developing new electric vehicles with swappable batteries, and a plan to develop 500,000 battery recharging sites across the country? It’s still January, and I’m ready to call this the most important environmental news story of 2008.

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I’m going to write more about this later, but do yourself a favor and read all about it here.

This, friends, is the road to Middle-East peace. And it was announced on MLK day. How appropriate.