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A new fully charged EV battery in five minutes: Are China's swap stations the future of electric cars? (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Headline ends in a question mark. The answer is no.

Battery swapping is a nice option for certain types of vehicles and locations, and battery standards would be great too, but I doubt it will replace home charging anytime soon. It has all the downsides of gas stations, as stated in the article.

Perhaps it makes sense in a couple of car-generations if batteries eventually get really big, like 5000 km range or something.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Battery swapping is a nice option for certain types of vehicles and locations

Yep, long haul trucking this would make sense, provided the manufacturers agreed on a standard. Battery swap points at key long haul stops would go a long way towards making EV trucks more viable (it's close but marginal at the moment). Your own depot can be a swap point for bigger companies.

I'm not entirely sure it's needed though - the move towards higher voltage faster charging may well make this a moot point, truckies already have mandatory rest periods, if the charge times and rest times can line up then it's not worth the cost (they don't quite at the moment).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Long haul trucking could be the first use case for automated driving. They could simply swap the trucks and recharge them. Depends on what's cheaper: Adding swapping capabilities or having the whole trunk waiting to be charged.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Anything but building rail

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