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Given that a 5minute charger might/will kill people if misused, battery swapping might be the only option that satisfies long haul driving. It’s possible materi
by jleyank 4y ago
Given that a 5minute charger might/will kill people if misused, battery swapping might be the only option that satisfies long haul driving. It’s possible material science will deliver an 8hr freeway battery, but that might require room temp superconductors or some other to-discover technology.
Drive up, swap, drive away while the battery is then charged in the 30-60 min super charger. Might also reduce the problem of all those chargers and power infrastructure yet to build out.
- moistly 4y agoIIRC that’s exactly the approach China is taking. It seems very sensible. The only immediate downside that I can see is that it eliminates the “skateboard deck” advantages of a stiffer, but lighter, design. The immediate upside, otoh, is that a failing battery pack no longer requires a big servicing job; indeed, no battery pack should ever reach a failure point while in the car, because it’ll be detected during a recharge cycle.