Monday, March 23, 2009 12:00 AM
Nissan Motor Co. and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which signed on last year to supply cars and batteries for the Better Place network planned for Israel, has made yet another move to electrify the vehicle market. But if Nissan’s latest play — a partnership with Sempra Energy subsidiary San Diego Gas & Electric — is a sign of deals to come between electricity companies and automakers, it leaves little room for go-between startups like Better Place, which aims to build out stations for charging and swapping car batteries, or Coulomb Technologies, which is focusing on charging stations.
Josie Garthwaite
