The plan is to eventually build six battery switch stations to service a 60-taxi fleet.
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Better Place will initially build two battery switch stations to service four Coda Automotive electric sedans.
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And on Thursday, the Japanese government ordered that all 787s be kept out of service until battery safety could be assured.
In its model, consumers (or fleet owners) buy EVs, but lease the battery and get electricity through service contracts with Better Place.
Better Place provides the charge spots, network of battery switch stations, and customer service.
The planes returned to service in May after battery designs were modified.
This helps to preserve the overall service life of the battery.
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Boeing has already started installing the modified battery system on 10 aircraft in service and nine aircraft in production, said Boeing CEO Jim McNerney during Boeing's earnings call Wednesday.
Tesla designed the Model S to have a swappable battery and in the coming months will roll out a battery-switch option at its service stations, though the company declined to provide details on how it will work or the cost.
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His mobile phone number is printed on the back of the battery pack and he prides himself on customer service.
If regulators are convinced that a fix of the way the batteries are built or installed is sufficient -- and that measures are in place to minimize any risks from an overheated battery -- the 787 could be back in service within weeks.
So-called micropractices are springing up among general practitioners, who, in a fee-for-service age, increasingly have to coordinate a battery of specialists but don't get paid for the air-traffic-control work.
In addition to scanning the code of an app, the service will watch for fishy behavior such as excess battery drain and abnormal resource consumption.
The 50 Dreamliners in service have been grounded since 16 January, after a battery in a Japan Airlines 787 plane caught fire in Boston, and an All Nippon Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing because of a battery malfunction.
"The safety of the flying public is our top priority and we won't allow the 787 to return to commercial service until we're confident that any proposed solution has addressed the battery failure risks, " it said.
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That includes meals, housekeeping, linen service, transportation and activities, but it's twice the price of a standard Battery Park City rental.
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