Better Place Battery Swap Station in Yokohama

Well, this is another first for Yokohama as well as being a first for the world. As previously mentioned on Yokohama Living, Better Place, has come to Japan, specifically Yokohama. Better Place is an American company that plans, with the cooperation of others, to bring dramatic changes to the automobile industry by implementing and electric car infrastructure that would help reduce the world’s dependence on oil. You can read more about what they are about at the Better Place website.

 

Just recently Yokohama was the venue for the first ever demonstration of the a Better Place battery swap station. In the following video you can see a demonstration of how the battery swap happens. You can check out more videos on the Better Place website.

This was held near the in Naka-ku, Yamashita-cho. To be more precise, it was held near Yamashita Park and right beside the Doll Museum. It’s about 2 minutes on foot from Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Minato Mirai Line. This area is open to the public on the following dates with some type demonstration being held from 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm.

May 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st, June 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 20th.

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