How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Work

The answer is massive government support. The cost of those stations has to be insane...imagine the inventory holding cost of those batteries

Ah so this is about swapping the battery on-the-go so you can get rid of your depleted one and get a freshly charged one within minutes.

That's actually pretty cool then!

Not quite sure how this relates to Apple though.

I don't oppose the idea of battery station, but who owns the battery then? When I bought the car, am I leasing the battery? How about used car?

When 52% of all trips made are less than 3 miles and less than 2% are over fifty miles, I don't think battery swapping is something any individual needs on a regular basis.

I could get on board if manufacturers were making $10,000 sub 50 mile vehicles that were compatible with a swap station so you could switch to a larger battery for the weekend. This would have to be a standard adopted by all however, and even before that, they'd have to make small cars. Which they won't, because we all know they are too busy making trucks and SUVs.

I think an automated battery swap system would work best for OTR trucking. Pull in, battery packs swapped, off they go. The charge for much larger batteries would take longer, or at least would be better done not attached to a vehicle for maintenance or in case of thermal problems.

The example of driving from Paris to Mt St Michel where you have to plan carefully to get to ‘the only supercharger’ east of Paris is a bit stupid. Why not charge at Total, Engie, or even Lidl? I assume Teslas are not exclusively charged at superchargers, which can be pretty slow at 150kW when there are 300kW options as well.

A good and in France rapidly improving charging network is important, swapping batteries sounds nice but brings so many compatibility and standardization issues, not considering ownership/lock-in etc.

I think it's great to see this happening. I've always thought this option makes sense. I still wish the solution was a drone that comes right to you and drops a battery into a port on your roof while you are still driving, but I guess that is going to have to wait.

"Battery Station" vs. "Gas Station" should've been a no brainer from day one.

Next best plan should be "electric roads" that are powered by green tech.

Of course it all would be massively expensive. Sadly, it's clear that the powers that be to protect Earth's climate do not give a shit.

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1. Book a swap in the app
2. arrive in the lineup.
3. serves one car at a time like an oil change
4. the station has to constantly be charging the used batteries.

Or

Install 4-6 high speed chargers in the same spot and clear more cars faster .

Essentially the swap station is only better if you arrive without a lineup. The swap takes 7-10min and is manned. If you are one or two cars deep waiting you are better to have just found a charger

No I would not. Chargers work just fine.

My colleague has a NIO car like this, he really likes it and uses the battery swap weekly. To my knowledge they have patented the tech.

If I bought an electric car, I would definitely consider NIO, as this option is great for long trips. In EU they have a couple of swap stations in Germany, but it’s still a long way to go in other countries.

Was waiting for Nio to make it state-side. Now, not so sure they will be allowed.

Most phones from the early 2000 can swap batteries.

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