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= Identity Card: = He's famous for inventing a car that works on electricity instead of oil. []  =**Interview: **= 1.What kind of things that you learned helped you to invent your car? __Answer:__ I have liked computers since my childhood and I finished American high school with honors. We came back to Israel and when I was fifteen I signed up for a Technical College where I finished a bachelor's degree in computer science before I was induced to military service.
 * Full name**:Shai Agassi
 * Father's name**:Reuven Agassi
 * Year of birth**:1968
 * Was born in**:Ramat Gan
 * Place of work**:Better place company
 * Location**:Israel,Tel Aviv
 * Profession**:Israeli business man,

2.How did you come up with the idea of an electicity car? __Answer:__ I came up with the idea when I read the "World Economic Forum" where I saw an article that said: “How do you make the world a better place by 2020?” So I wanted to find a solution and I started thinking about replacing oil cars with electric cars. My goal with this invention is to drastically lower air pollution.

3."Better place" is the company you work at, can you tell us what does the company do? __Answer:__ The company's vision is to make the world a better place at 2020. We developed a special car that works on electricity instead of oil and now we are marketing the product to the world, and testing it.

4.Who leads your new project? __Answer__: **Shai Agassi-**Founder and CEO, **Idan Ofer**-Chairman of the Board**, Moshe** **Kaplinsky**-CEO of Better Place Israel, **Aliza Peleg** -Vice President of Operations**, Joe Paluska**-Chief Marketing Officer

5.Why is your car better than a regular car? __Answer:__ The electric car is more convenient because: - Its much cheaper: Israel imports her oil from other countries and it costs more than the production of electricity. -The oil in the world is starting to run out: we can't find new sources of gas and we use a lot of it. -The oil is polluting the air so when we change the oil into electricity the damage will be decreased. - The battery lasts longer than the oil tank. - The car works very quietly Although this car has many benefits there is also one problem –the battery is heavy and expensive.

6.In your car,what kind of changes you did to turn a regular car into your special car? __Answer:__We changed the regular engine and put in a special one that gets power from the main battery which is instead of the oil tank. The battery gives power to all the parts of the car. The hibernation car composed of three main parts :
 * electric engine
 * battery
 * control system

7.If your car works on electicity will we also have electricity's stations? __Answer:__ Yes, the company built one charge station and the plan is to have a few charge stations in every city. The charge station is the size of a living room and it's composed of posts that are a meter high. The driver won't even have to get out of the car to charge it Moreover the whole process is automatic and it takes less then three minutes. The company expects that we will see them in 2011, when their plan will spread around the world and then they will deploy it.

8.From were do you get financing? __answer:__In our first round of raising money we earned 200 million dollars from companies such as- "Morgan -Stenly","Venteg point" and some other private investors. Also we always get money from people who donate to us because they think our goal is correct and important.

9.Do you think people will buy your new car?why? __Answer:__ Yes, I think they will, because its for a good purpose and even now many people help us and donate to our company so I think that even people who don’t care about the universe will buy the car because its comfortable, worthwhile, frugal and in high quality. But most of the People should care because if we won't take responsibility on what we do the world will be destroyed and their children will suffer from it.

10.Is your project just in Israel or also at other places in the world?Where? __answer:__ Israel is the first country that started the project in the world, it's the country that developed the basic idea. Other countries joined Israel afterwards: Denmark, Australia, California and Hawaii. They did the first steps to the final goal- all cars in the world will work on electricity.

11.Do you work with another company that helps you? __Answer:__Yes, we work with Renault Nissan, which is one of the most famous cars company in the world. It's the first company that has the same vision and purpose like ours.

12.How much time do you think will pass until we see your car on the streets? __Answer:__ In my opinion, it will take 3 years and in 2011 we will be able to see many people with electric car, although there are already people that drive on it now.

=Speech: = Dear transport minister, businessmen, promoters and reporters. My name is Shai Aggasi, I live in Ramat –Gan, Israel. I work as a business man in Tel Aviv where I founded the company BETTER PLACE there I work in communication with some other countries around the world and with some other privet investors.

As you all know, our planet is in a big danger. The global warming effects the animals, plants and even us, the simple humming being that hurricanes and floods hit our houses and our countries every couple of years. Do you know why? because of us, our factories, our sewages, our land spraying and especially our cars.

Most of the people in the world has a car therefore its causes most of the damage, When the oil burns it turns to poison gas which makes a hole in the ozone layer. I feel responsibility as a man who has a car and can change this problem. I decided to take things to my hands and I developed an electric car that would replace oil in electricity.

The company "Better Place" was founded in October 2007 after I read the "World Economic Forum" and saw an article that said –"how do you make the world a better place by 2020?" so I looked for a solution and thought of the electric car. I am now one of the CEO's in the company. Our goal as a company is to drastically reduce the air pollution in the world by producing our new electric car.

Apart from reducing the air pollution, this car has many other advantages - First of all it's much cheaper for the producers. Israel imports her oil from other countries and it costs more than the production of electricity. Second, the oil in the world is starting to run out: we can't find new sources of gas and we use a lot of it. Thirdly, the battery lasts longer than the oil tank. And also, the car works very quietly.

We worked really hard to get to this stand and we need you: transport minister, business mans promoters and reporters to help us help you. Transport minister you have the power and ability to influence the decision makers and help us from above. Business mans and promoters, you are the ones that actually make things happen our success depends on your cooperation. And especially reporters- only you can expand the awareness and influence the public's opinion

Each and every one of you can make this dream come true.

=Article: = Are you tired of breathing air with millions of infected particles? Tired of filling gas every two hours? Disturbed by your high gas bill? Sick of hearing that the gas price got higher again? If so, you might be interested in this article….
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Shai Aggassi, who is the founder and CEO of the company "Better Place" was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. He is 40 years old and works as a business man in Israel and across the world. His main place of work is in Tel Aviv, where the company was built. When Shai Aggassi was young, he liked computers and finished high school with honors. When he was fifteen, he signed up for a Technical College where he finished a bachelor's degree in computer science and as soon as he finished he was inducted to military service His interest in technology led him to the invention of an electricity powered car, But before we learn more about his invention here is some history about cars: The first car was invented in 1862, It had an engine burning inner-tube and worked on gas. It was a model for the future cars. At the end of the 19th century during the first days of the car industry, an idea came up to build electric cars. They were presented to the public in 1896 and until the end of the century almost 50% of the cars in the world were electric. In 1905, 80% of the cars returned to work on gas.

In 2003 his name was on the cnn-time magazine for being one of the 20 people in the world that were 'Global Influential's for 2003'. He raised 200,000,000 dollars for the project-it's one of the fastest and largest rounds of raising money in history. From the beginning of 2009 he raised another 135,000,000 dollars.

Shai Agassi came up with the idea of an electric car when he read the"World Economic Forum", There he saw a headline that said “How do you make the world a better place by 2020?” As a result of this he started thinking about replacing oil cars with electric cars. His invention made him a famous personality. the symbol of his company [] "BETTER PLACE" was founded in October 2007, its vision is to make the world a better place by 2020. They developed a special car that works on electricity instead of oil, Nowadays they are marketing the product to the world, and testing it.

About the invention: //As you probably know oil cars are one of the biggest pollutants in our world because of all the smoke they emit, so Shai Aggasi thought about another car that would replace the oil with electricity and would still work as well as the oil car does and even better. The invention is a hibernation car which works on electricity instead of oil and won't pollute the air. Even though he isn’t actually the first who thought about the idea of the hibernation car (the Scot engineer Robert Anderson invented it before him in 1835.) he is the one who decided to produce it since he saw that people don't use it and the air is polluted so badly. The hibernation car is composed of three main parts : These three parts are instead of all the operation system in a regular car.
 * electric engine
 * battery
 * control system



[] You are probably asking yourself: "why is this car better then a regular one?" Here is a few facts that will answer your question: - the electric car is much cheaper: Israel imports her oil from other countries and it costs more than the production of electricity. -The oil in the world is starting to run out: we can't find new sources of gas and we use a lot of it-using electric cars will solve our problem before it will be too late. -The oil is polluting the air so when we change the oil into electricity the damage will be decreased. -The car works very quietly-you won't hear it working at all! -The battery lasts longer than the oil tank - you have to recharge it much less frequently.

The electric car charge station is the size of a living room and it's composed of posts that are a meter high, The driver won't even have to get out of the car, the whole process is automatic and it takes less then three minutes.

Israel is the first country in the world that started the project; it's the country that developed the basic idea. Afterwards different countries such us:Denmark, Australia, California and Hawaii joined and helped the development and distribution of the car They did the first steps to the final goal -that all cars in the world will work on electricity.// //"Better Place" works in participation with other companies around the world such as: "Morgan -Stenly" "Venteg point" " Renault-Nissan " and other private investors who think the company's goals are correct and important. The president of Israel Shimon Peres, the former president Bill Clinton ,The Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, and two past directors of the CIA are also helping in this project. "Beter Place"says:"// //When we eliminate the dependence on oil, we eliminate the environmental and economic damage that come with it." In conclusion we can see that Shai Agassi did a lot to help the whole community, let's help him make the world a BETTER PLACE!

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=** Dana's Rationale: **=

Shai Agassi invented a special car that works on electricity instead of oil. This car will reduces the air pollution in an effective way. I found his name on the internet when I searched the term- electric cars, and then I chose to research about him.

I chose to do my project about Shai Agassi because I think that his job is very interesting ,also his goal is significant. He decided to produce the electric cars not only in Israel but in some other countries. Our world needs more people like him because if we don't act soon and try to reduce air pollution we won't be able to live here. Shai Agassi is doing something that should really help us to live a better life in this world, even if we can't see the damage we are doing now we will definitely see it in a few years…

=** Shira's Rationale: **= I chose to do the project about Shai Agassi because I think he really does shape the future, besides are world is in a big danger-the global warming effects the world more then we think…I was very disturbed about it and I felt no one cares enough. When I first heard about Shay Agassi I was very exited because I understood that people care and __do__ something about it.

=** Dana's Reflection: **=

During this project I learned about Shai Agassi who is a very intelligent man, he suffice a lot although his young age. He joined many companies and was part of the leadership in most of them. Except for what I learned about Shai Agassi I also learned about his invention which is very important for the environment- I learned how his car works (in the basic) ,the advantages of buying it and more. I think that the main benefits from this work are- And it's also gave me skills to look for good sources.
 * Working as a team-The team work was definitely important.
 * The project demand from us to be responsible- hand the work on time and to be tidy and organized.
 * Improves the English- thanks to the sources in English and from all this work (mostly from the summarizing).
 * Helped me learn how to process the information that I read for the work,

Our teacher really helped us and the instructions were clear. I enjoyed working on this project because I learned new things and it improved my English.

=** Shira's Reflection: **= During the project I learned a lot about cars, pollution, and the global warming. I also learned how to see a lot information and take out only what I need. I learned to change sentences from articles into my words. And to formulate nicely what I want to say. A lot of people around the world do not know what is the results of our actions one of the things that shai agassi is doing is to rise the knowledge .i learnd a lot about the subject and I am going to tell it to every one I know.

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