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France had Renaults where you'd buy the car but lease the battery. No hot-swapping though. Seems like all the disadvantages of ownership with all the disadvanta
by Scoundreller 3y ago
France had Renaults where you'd buy the car but lease the battery. No hot-swapping though. Seems like all the disadvantages of ownership with all the disadvantages of leasing.
https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/news-on-air/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-battery-leasing-for-the-renault-zoe/ https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/news-on-air/news/all-you-nee...
- clouddrover 3y agoNio's swapping works better. You can complete a swap in 6 minutes. And you can upgrade and downgrade the battery between the 75, 100, and the eventual 150 kWh options to suit what you need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0
- mycall 3y agoIf only hot swap batteries existed for buses as it would solve a huge problem with range and charging fleets at yards.
- rsynnott 3y agoI _think_ the theory there was that it spread the cost; you’d buy the car for similar to a petrol car, and then pay X euro a month where X was probably similar to what you’d have otherwise been spending on petrol. Don’t think it was ever a particularly popular option.
- thecompilr 3y agoThere was an Israeli company that used electric Renaults and provided the battery swapping service. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)