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Even if they were standardized, would it naturally be workable as an exchange system similar to water cooler and propane bottles? Battery packs are massive, co
by newnewpdro 7y ago
Even if they were standardized, would it naturally be workable as an exchange system similar to water cooler and propane bottles?
Battery packs are massive, complex, sensitive to abuse and expensive to replace. Those are very different qualities from water bottles and propane tanks.
I'm genuinely curious if we have any successful exchange system examples resembling EV batteries to reference as precedence.
- clouddrover 7y agoNio is trying it in China: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/power-shift-battery-swapping-our-way-across-china https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/power-shift-batte...
- ianai 7y agoActually possibly old style taxi cabs? Drivers rented the cars day to day, as I recall. Yes, not as much a technical issue as a legal issue. Really only need to nail the legal framework though, I think. Desktop computers didn’t start standardized, but it’s pretty mature now. I’m definitely curious if there’s not a hard reason keeping this from practicality.