I believe you are remembering the same thing I'm remembering, it was called BetterPlace Here's a TED Talk about it from 2009 https://www.ted.com/talks/shai_aga

I believe you are remembering the same thing I'm remembering, it was called BetterPlace Here's a TED Talk about it from 2009 https://www.ted.com/talks/shai_agassi_a_new_ecosystem_for_electric_cars?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/shai_agassi_a_new_ecosystem_for_el... They went bankrupt in 2013