Better Place founder Shai Agassi is ready to show off that he’s applying his software industry experience to improve electric vehicles. At the Frankfurt auto show on Tuesday, the electric car service company will show off in-car software designed to ensure that electric car drivers have enough charge to keep driving. Code-named AutOS, Better Place’s software alerts drivers to a car battery’s charge status and points them to battery charging spots and swapping stations in the company’s network. In conjunction with the launch, partner Renault is also expected to debut a concept car called Fluence ZE, a five-seat all-electric passenger car that will be able to operate at Better Place’s battery-swapping stations. The two companies have committed to producing 100,000 of the sedans, which have a 100-mile-driving range, for Better Place customers in both Israel and Denmark by 2016. … Originally posted at Green Tech
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Better Place software tallies electric cars’ charge