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> "You will have some sort of docking station in your garage and when you park short-term the car flips the batteries for you with a loaded one" Are you seriou
by xedeon 8y ago
> "You will have some sort of docking station in your garage and when you park short-term the car flips the batteries for you with a loaded one"
Are you serious? Tesla did this and presented a tech demo in 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY
> "auto-plug itself and charges overnight. No cables, no mess."
Another Tesla tech demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI
Also, what do you mean "superchargers disappearing?".
It seems that Tesla is way a head on a lot of things and it will take quite an effort/investment for the incumbents to catch up.
Though in reality, wide EV adoption is a WIN for everybody and is actually the core mission of Tesla, which is to "Accelerate Sustainable Transport"
- athenot 8y ago> > "You will have some sort of docking station in your garage and when you park short-term the car flips the batteries for you with a loaded one" > Are you serious? Tesla did this and presented a tech demo in 2013 Tesla seems to have faded it out of their roadmap. Cool tech but people seem to want to own the battery since it's a sizeable part of the investment in a car. Europeans are different in that battery appears to be seen as a liability and therefore leased. At stake is how much fast charging you use, as that seems to be what has the largest impact on the battery's life.
- atombender 8y agoThe battery swap system was a pilot program, and it was shut down in 2016 [1]. I don't think the parent comment was claiming that it was a new idea, though. [1] https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-shuts-down-battery-swap-program-for-superchargers/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-shuts-down-battery-swap-prog...