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It's possible for market forces to drive batteries out of consumer reach, and then you'll own the car and rent the battery. Is that better?
by meltyness 4y ago
It's possible for market forces to drive batteries out of consumer reach, and then you'll own the car and rent the battery. Is that better?
- bluefirebrand 4y agoNot even a little bit! Renting sucks!
- criley2 4y agoI'm all for battery rental because I think battery-swaps instead of recharging is the future. The model already works in a number of other vehicle sectors. 30 minute quick charges are not the future
- tuatoru 4y agoIt'll be interesting to see the progress of Nio over the next few years. In China they have gone all in on battery swapping. Currently (mid 2022 youtube video) swaps take around 10 minutes. Nio claims gen 2 (or 3?) swap stations will cut that to about 3 minutes. In Europe (mainly Norway atm) Nio offers the choice of owning or leasing/swapping the battery, and an overwhelming majority of customers choose to lease. This in luxury cars. (Naturally they call it Baas, battery as a service.) 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio_Inc.
- paraselene_ 4y agoBattery rentals sounds awful without standardization. Imagine having the power source of your own car being managed and controlled by the original manufacture without any alternatives, and having to buy electricity only from them. Or being unable to get batteries rented to you anymore because the companies decides not to for whatever reason, and with no option to buy a battery pack outright. Like what Tesla is doing with supercharging right now. Destination charging and At-home charging is going to be the future, not driving to a station to get a fresh battery. Newer cars like the EV6 can also do 10-to-80 in under 20 minutes nowadays.