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> I don't think that a swappable battery station will be realized in the lifetime of this car. Nio has deployed many swap stations in China and has started to
by clouddrover 4y ago
> I don't think that a swappable battery station will be realized in the lifetime of this car.
Nio has deployed many swap stations in China and has started to deploy some in Europe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0
They charge the packs to 90% so swapping in a pack charged to 90 kWh in 6 minutes is the equivalent of charging the car at 900 kW. Swapping in a 150 kWh pack charged to 135 kWh is equivalent to a flat charge curve of 1.35 megawatts.
- bartvk 4y agoThanks for the pointer, I'm going to watch that. Very curious. It'd be amazing if they make it work.