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Hot swappable batteries need to be more seriously considered. Imagine: a gas station has a huge bank of batteries on charging racks. You pay a fee to swap out
by Thorentis 4y ago
Hot swappable batteries need to be more seriously considered.
Imagine: a gas station has a huge bank of batteries on charging racks. You pay a fee to swap out your used one for a fully charged one in less time than it currently takes to fill a gas tank.
This would require industry standardisation over battery shapes, connectors, etc. The US sadly won't move on this, but the EU might. Unfortunately we might be tok far gone with the number of EV already sold without this capability, but I think there is still time.
- outworlder 4y agoOnly if EVs are sold without batteries.
- sliken 4y agoWhy bother? Not to mention the tech is changing so quickly that any standardization is going to cause problems with cooling, cable side, connector, amps, volts, etc. Maybe in 5-10 years things will settle. A few years ago charging at 550 miles an hour were common, seems to be heading towards 1000 miles/hour, but that requires fancier cooling things like circulating coolant through the charging cable. Not sure replacing 25% (by weight) of a car is worth while, could just encourage/provide incentives for more charging locations (malls, public transit gateways, businesses, etc).