How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Work - eviltoast
Battery swapping is a technology that could solve one key barrier for EV adoption: consumers’ range anxiety and the long waiting time for battery charging. Wouldn’t you feel more assured on a weekend trip if you knew you could stop at a swap station and replace depleted battery packs with fully charged ones in five minutes? But this isn’t easy to do, as Tesla and Better Place’s past failures. In China, however, battery swapping has been a reality for a couple of years. How did Chinese companies like Nio make it work with 2,300 swapping stations nationwide? What can companies outside China learn from the Chinese experience?

See, Apple? Even cars can do it :)

    • itstoowet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      So just lazy then?

      I live on the Dutch coast and still cycle despite constantly shit weather.

        • itstoowet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          5 months ago

          Sounds like you’re stressed from all those kids! Have you tried cycling? It’s a great outlet and stress relief

            • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              11·
              5 months ago

              Weight training is very nice for muscle growth and all, but have you tried cycling as a healthy cardio alternative?

              If almost a third of trips are less than a mile I feel like the cars are being overused… I am not dismissing the legitimate reasons like rain or carrying kids, although umbrellas and covered strollers have been invented, but I doubt that contributes much to that statistic. If I were to guess, many of these short trips are to the closest mcdonald’s drive-through, but regardless.

              If gas prices weren’t so low(because the US spread freedom to every oil rich country to ensure that), I am pretty sure these statistics would look a lot different. I am sure the urban planning and missing sidewalks don’t help, but if fuel was more expensive there would be a lot more people walking, therefore creating incentive for a change.

                • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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                  5 months ago

                  Pulling things out of context I see… That thread was about supply and demand being unbalanced leading to scalping. It doesn’t matter if it’s cars, GPUs, PS5s or <insert item not in stock>. It’s how economy works.