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Dictatorships don't care if things are practical.
by L-four 2y ago
Dictatorships don't care if things are practical.
- nextaccountic 2y agoBattery swapping isn't some top-down authoritarian decision made by the CCP and forced into the Chinese society. Nio is just a company that's providing a much needed solution to this problem.
- L-four 2y agoI agree, but there are aggressive subsidies around electric vehicles and general graft. Similar things happen in most countries but in dictatorships things can go to absurd levels when it aligns with the current policy.
- nextaccountic 2y agoThose subsidies can be more easily justified by climate change. Also I don't think they approach the historic, multi-decade subsidies to fossil fuels
- daedrdev 2y agoThey also have 2% ev marketshare in China, because its still an expensive and complex feature that has downsides that the previous comment mentioned. Like these high energy batteries are dangerous as the can burn quite spectacularly, so I personally would not want to take and remove one from my car every charge hen I can wait a few minutes at a regular charging station that is much more common than a replacing station.
- mrpopo 2y agoI don't think a battery swap is more dangerous than the current fuel stations where you can just use your lighter and set everything on fire
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- tim333 2y agoI think swappable batteries may be a more practical solution for heavy trucks rather than cars. They have the advantage that they are already built to carry heavy things loaded by forklift, unlike cars. There's an Australian company https://www.januselectric.com.au/ https://www.januselectric.com.au/ doing them. They do electric conversions on existing trucks.
- blitzar 2y agoThat is a harsh characterisation of the work done by Tesla.
- n0n0n4t0r 2y agoAmerica is now also a dictatorship according to many foreigners (all but russia maybe ).