Better Place Signs Research MOU
Tuesday, 25th August 2009
EV infrastructure candidate signs up University of Melbourne.
Better Place Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Melbourne (UoM). The agreement signed yesterday by Better Place chief, ex-pollie Evan Thornley and UoM Vice Chancellor Glyn Davis, will see the EV infrastructure candidate and the respected international research institution explore research opportunities related to electric vehicles and their impacts and infrastructure.
No formal funding structure has been revealed or projects defined, but according to Davis the MoU "begins this conversation [with Better Place] and takes it forward."
Better Place will house a number of its EVs at the university and work with a number of faculties across the institution.
"We're delighted to announce the university will investigate with Better Place the establishment of a state of the art energy education centre to look at the potential this car [a modified Nissan Dualis] provides and the concept behind it and the future it makes possible," Davis stated, introducing the MoU yesterday.
UoM's Head of Centre for material Science, Professor Steven Prawer, stated the MoU presented a range of research opportunities.
Read more at CarPoint.com.au website:
http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2009/better-place-signs-research-mou-16390
