Zie BNR Nationale Autoshow | week 38

• Better Place
  ... Het heeft even geduurd, maar begin deze maand opende Better Place het eerste accuwisselstation in Nederland. De ambities zijn torenhoog, want binnen nu en een paar jaar moet er een dekkend netwerk zijn in Nederland. Directeur Paul Harms is te gast...

Zie Israeli occupation profiteer Better Place runs taxis at Amsterdam airport, with EU backing; Ali Abunimah, 09/03/2012

• ... An Israeli company that builds infrastructure for the Israeli occupation in the West Bank, and whose Israeli arm is led by a former general implicated in war crimes, has set up an electric taxi service station at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport with the support of the Dutch government and the European Union...
• ... The firm is at the forefront of efforts to “greenwash” Israel and has been promoted by the Israeli government as part of its international effort to change Israel’s image. The goal is to market Israel as a pioneer in environmental technologies and distract from its occupation and violations of Palestinian rights...
• ... Last year Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen visited Better Place’s Israeli headquarters as part of a visit in which he pledged closer ties between the Netherlands and Israel despite Israel’s continued open flouting of international law with regard to settlements, occupation and human rights...

Zie voorts ook http://electronicintifada.net/search/site/greenwashing