Startup says battery swapping your EV faster than filling your car up with gas

T. A. Gardner said:
If those fucksticks on the Left think that some slum lord, or low rent apartment owner in the gunfire district is going to put in chargers, the Left is nucking futs. Those are guys that avoid any and all costs on their properties. They're skinflints that do the minimum to stay out of jail. They won't put in charging stations. Hell, they won't upgrade 75 year old electrical systems in their rental units. Expecting them to do something like put in charging stations is insane.
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yes, you can cobble together some circumstances where EVs are not ready to go and think it extrapolated into something greater if you choose to. But Evs are the future, the near future.
 
Just think, charging in your garage keeps you out of gas stations where people are killed, robbed, and raped. Isn't that safety feature terrific?
 
Joe Capitalist said:
Actually, methinks the battery swapping technology is at least 20 years away. Battery technology is improving every year and I'm confident that batteries will be significantly smaller in 10 years while yielding the same charge. But they still have to deploy all the swapping stations and that's a big deal. But whatever makes things easier for the masses, that's what the market will gravitate towards.
But the bottom line is: The ICE car is dying a slow and painful death and nothing can stop it.

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In 20 years they will have solved hydrogen and EVs will be history. Well, half history. I can see them proceeding with electric motors powered by hydrogen.
Not sure its possible or even desirable top replace ICE in heavy equipment.
 
Celticguy said:
In 20 years they will have solved hydrogen and EVs will be history. Well, half history. I can see them proceeding with electric motors powered by hydrogen.
Not sure its possible or even desirable top replace ICE in heavy equipment.
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That is the great threat, that we will find out very soon that this forced transition into everything electric driven by batteries, solar and wind was a huge mistake. Look at all the new junk the US NAVY has because they decided to force new tech before it was ready, things of this importance must be done with prudence. We are operating in panic mode probably (almost certainly?) driven by lies and liars....this is not likely to end well.
 
Nordberg said:
AGAIN, There are circumstances where an EV will not be appropriate. A homeowner or renter can plug in without a garage. Lots of EV owners charge in their driveways.
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So, what do those people do if there's no alternative to EV's for them? After all, that is where the radical Leftist environmental retards are trying to take us... A renter in some of the rentals I've gone to can't plug in an EV. There simply isn't enough power available to them in their rental unit. For example, I've gone to a small rental with 4 duplex units on it. The electrical system there is from the late 40's early 50's. It uses Edison fuses. There isn't enough power available in the panel to install a small dryer let alone charge an EV. The system is overloaded just having modern kitchen appliances and a window shaker A/C unit running.

Renters there couldn't possibly charge an EV.

To make matters worse, the owner of the complex tried to get another electrician to install new upgraded panels on the cheap. The city caught him and slapped a stop work order on the upgrade. Now the owner is looking at penalties, fines, and being under a microscope to get those upgrades done (read that as in for tens of thousands versus thousands if he'd done it right) so they're never going to happen.
 
Joe Capitalist said:
Startup Ample says battery swapping could be faster than filling your car up with gas.
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See how Ample's next-gen station could 'charge' your EV with a simple, automated swap.*

Battery swapping — taking an electric vehicle battery out of the car once it's out of charge, and replacing it with a fully charged battery — isn't a brand new concept, and has had a challenging journey over the past several years. But the idea of getting your electric car a full "charge" in just a matter of minutes has gotten swapping some more recent momentum.
Charging an electric car can take a while, depending on the type of charger a driver uses. In your own garage with a standard plug, or maybe at your office, it might take 8 hours. At faster plugs out in public, you might be waiting at least 20 minutes with a Level 3 charger, or maybe an hour or two with a Level 2. Regardless, it's no question that charging currently takes a little bit longer than fueling up a gas-powered car at a gas station.*
That's where battery swapping could come into play, and startup Ample is eager to get automakers on board with the idea. It'd essentially mean a driver buys an electric vehicle but subscribes to the battery, Ample CEO Khaled Hassounah told Insider.
The upfront cost of a new EV (relatively high, on average) could be brought down if a buyer only has to pay for the vehicle itself, and not the pricey battery.
EV battery swapping infrastructure could be built in a matter of days.
That's compared with the weeks or even months of building, electrical, and utility work that's necessary to get a traditional charging station in the ground, especially fast charging. Ample says its stations could be built in 3 days and are modular, enabling multiple stations to be stacked together so multiple cars can swap at the same time.
Drivers pull up and park their EV inside the Ample station.
Ample recently announced a partnership with EV startup Fisker, and other automakers are starting to consider the offering for their customers, too. But the idea has largely only gained early traction outside of the US so far.
On Ample's app, a driver starts the swap.
The swap itself can be done autonomously.*
The Ample battery swapping platform rises, and the driver can hop out of the car.
On first thought, battery swapping seems best for a ride-sharing application, and Ample has been working on getting Uber drivers in EVs equipped for swapping (it'd mean drivers don't have to spend precious road time at charging stations). But Ample has always had its eye on swapping possibilities with the average consumer, and now, it's targeting last-mile delivery trucks, too.
The EV is positioned in the right spot that aligns with the swapping equipment.
Equipment autonomously navigates to under the EV, where the battery is.
The station removes the existing battery and swaps it out for a new one.
The spent batteries that are collected are then racked, monitored, charged, and eventually, swapped into another EV.
The driver pulls out of the station in five minutes and drives off with a whole new battery and full charge.

MAGA wets panties
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This old argument again...

An EV battery weights about 1000 lbs, has liquid coolant lines running through it, and is easily damaged (destroying the entire pack).
 
Tinkerpeach said:
Well if they could figure this out it would be a huge step forward but they need to make it as easy as getting gas.

Some teen girl isn’t going to be pulling out wrenches to undo a battery

They need to put the battery somewhere on the console and reduce its size
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You cannot reduce it's size. The battery amp-hour rating is determined primarily by it's size.
 
Lionfish said:
Teen girls cannot even figure out how to change batteries in their vibrators, hence rechargeable ones. The only way I see EV's working, is magnetic charging rails buried in a special lane on a highway and that itself presents a whole new set of issues.

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Including yet another energy loss and VERY expensive roadways.
 
Quincunx said:
^^^Is this what scares you? Some lame-o conspiracy theory? Like they couldn't shut off your access to gasoline just as quickly? You're really a treat. I'm glad you don't work in R&D for anyone. Must be nice just to ENJOY ALL THE BENEFITS of advances in technology while complaining about them.
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EVs are not an advancement in technology.
 
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