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Tesla tried battery swapping a long time ago. Sort of. Maybe. In any case, it didn’t last long and there were only a couple of battery swap stations trialled. Better Place tried battery swapping for real in Israel, but then the company went bankrupt. NIO decided it would include battery swapping in its EV ecosystem nonetheless. Many assumed that was a dead end that would fail and potentially bring the company down with it.
First of all, I think it’s worth noting that China is probably the ideal market for EV battery swapping. The country has numerous highly dense megacities, which inherently have limited space for dedicated parking and home or even workplace charging stations. Charging with home and workplace charging stations is the easiest thing you can imagine. However, when you don’t have that option, keeping an EV charged can be a challenge. Battery swapping is clearly one solution for many urbanites.
We’ll see what comes of this, but it seems that EV battery swapping is alive and well in China, and now the biggest battery company in the world is getting more and more serious about it — and pushing to have it standardized.CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao.
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