Ian Ofer News Today

More than a decade ago, a highflying startup called Better Place made a billion-dollar bet that electric-car drivers would prefer to swap depleted batteries for fresh ones in minutes rather than charge them for hours. At the time, most EVs had 75-mile ranges and chargers were slow, few and far between.

San Francisco’s Ample lets drivers get a fully charged electric car battery in minutes, while sparing cities the expense of installing fast charging stations.