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> An Israeli startup tried electric cars with battery swapping and failed miserably. I believe it’s a killer flaw to over-interpret the failure of a novel tech
by noizejoy 6y ago
> An Israeli startup tried electric cars with battery swapping and failed miserably.
I believe it’s a killer flaw to over-interpret the failure of a novel technology and/or business model.
Yesterday’s miserable failure may be tomorrow’s runaway success given some refinements or the better availability of component technology and/or the readiness of the market.
Over the decades I’ve experienced a few - one of the more memorable examples for me is the Apple Newton. A pretty miserable failure at the time. Fast forward a couple of decades, and most of us are now carrying the logical evolution of that device in our pockets, whether it be made by Apple or others.
- deepGem 6y agototally, not debating that battery swap won't work for cars in the future but as of now, it probably won't. Also, the changing business model resulting from the battery and the vehicle separation will most certainly lead to innovation in batteries. So cars can innovate on motors while battery makers can innovate on batteries and who knows a third market might emerge for those battery swapping robots. It'll be interesting to watch out how this will plays out - Tesla as the all integrated electric vehicle (Apple) v/s the rest of the industry which might go the independent vehicle/battery/swap robot (wintel) route.