this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2024
110 points (95.1% liked)
[Dormant] Electric Vehicles
3188 readers
1 users here now
We have moved to:
A community for the sharing of links, news, and discussion related to Electric Vehicles.
Rules
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, casteism, speciesism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No self-promotion.
- No irrelevant content. All posts must be relevant and related to plug-in electric vehicles — BEVs or PHEVs.
- No trolling.
- Policy, not politics. Submissions and comments about effective policymaking are allowed and encouraged in the community, however conversations and submissions about parties, politicians, and those devolving into general tribalism will be removed.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Never. The industry would have to standardize too much. Maybe for niche applications like taxis or long haul trucking, but not general use.
It took enough fighting to standardize on a plug, and that's not 100% there yet.
We don't have standardized batteries for a lot of electronics, different types of lipo, lead acid but they are swappable(not interchangeable) you understand. Doesn't mean never. But we need to start, innovation should not stagnant because people think it's never gonna become one single standardized option. Also that sounds like a monopoly
We don't need it. More chargers can solve the problem fine. Swappable batteries change the infrastructure build out from chargers to swap stations. It's not going to be deployed any faster, but we already have a running start on chargers.
Also, there's savings to be had by integrating the battery directly into the frame. You're not going to swap that.
Trying to get the industry to standardize is a waste of time.