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How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Work (hbr.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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See, Apple? Even cars can do it :)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

So now we’re tacking on government regulation and certifications, an independent reaction regime? On top of building out a global infrastructure carrying around batteries that each way a ton, supporting robotics to manipulate those batteries, getting everyone to agree to use the same batteries, etc? Compared to “plug it in wherever you are”?

Battery swapping is a cool idea and there may be equipment that needs it, but it would just make personal vehicles more complicated and expensive with little gain