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What if instead of slowly charging at a station you just dropped the battery and loaded a new one? That'd immediately resolve the charge speed issue. If we did
by panda21 5y ago
What if instead of slowly charging at a station you just dropped the battery and loaded a new one? That'd immediately resolve the charge speed issue. If we did that I imagine we'd see the return of something similar to the gas station.
- Isinlor 5y agoTesla tried it and scrapped it. Overall, charging really will not be an issue. Most people will charge at home or work. And in 2025-2030 there will be plenty of chargers that will push 200-300 km in 15 min on longer trips.
- clouddrover 5y agoNio tried it and has now done it two million times: https://www.nio.com/blog/nio-completes-2000000-battery-swaps https://www.nio.com/blog/nio-completes-2000000-battery-swaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTsrDpsYHrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTsrDpsYHrw
- panda21 5y agoThis Nio article brings up a good point I didn't think about. If we had swapping stations like this then people could get the benefit of the latest battery technology (given it fits) without having to take in the vehicle for an upgrade or trade it in all together.
- Kaibeezy 5y agoBetter Place [2007-13] was a venture-backed international company that developed and sold battery charging and battery switching services for electric cars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)