Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'

Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by ccozan on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:03AM (#14702911)

I remember in movies about old times, you would arrive with your horse-powered cart at a such station, they changed the horses, and off you go.

I guess this is similar. Make batteries standard shape and size, just the power may vary. After all, the gasoline/diesel is the same all over the world and is made after some international standards.

I think we are looking wrongly at the energy source of an electric car. If we assume electric power as raw oil, then the battery is a refinement of this electric power in form of an chemical power. Then in this case the unit of "power" is not the electricity but the battery holding the power to run the car.

If you look from this angle, then the battery is obviously the unit that you need to load/unload from the "gas" station.

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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by jlebrech on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:06AM (#14702948)

A rental company could do this with full teslas. just hope into a fully charged one and leave the old one to charge.

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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by ccozan on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:29PM (#14704416)

Actually this sounds really interesting and could be a good business model.

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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by jlebrech on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:05AM (#14702940)

and you'd rent batteries in watt/hr, whatever's available at the station.

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