Showing posts with label Failure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Failure. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2012

Better Place Gets Worse

The downward spiral continues for BP:

Following a difficult year, the departure of the founding CEO, and new fund raising efforts, electric car infrastructure company Better Place has been laying off hundreds of employees in Israel...

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-better-place-laying-off-hundreds/

Ouch.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Hits Keep Coming For Better Place


The downward spiral continues as BP founder Shai Aggasi is tossed out and BP talks about major layoffs.
Uh-Oh
Following Shai Agassi's unexpected resignation last week as CEO of Better Place, officials of the electric car infrastructure company said Wednesday the firm could soon face layoffs of as many as half its workforce, thought to number 400 to 450 in Israel.
 Doesn't seem like such a great place.

Who could have predicted that a business model that does not build EV's, batteries, or generate and sell electricity, and makes the overall cost of owning an EV more expensive, might not be a good idea?  That would be me.
http://ephase.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-problems-for-better-place.html
http://ephase.blogspot.com/2011/07/truth-about-better-place.html
http://ephase.blogspot.com/2011/06/goshen-on-project-better-place-not-for.html
http://ephase.blogspot.com/2011/03/better-place-fairy-tale-crumbles.html
http://ephase.blogspot.com/2010/12/project-better-place-exposed.html