Re:India authorises sale of electric vehicles without batteries
by taneq on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:21AM
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> and equally add grid storage/supply for grid stability thruout the day in a battery form factor that's competition driven price-wise
That's a really good point! As India builds more intermittent renewables, there's an opportunity for independent storage to help stabilize the power grid that battery rental suppliers would be well placed to take advantage of. (Assuming their regulations keep up with this idea... it's been so painful watching Australia's energy regulators fumble their way towards the concept that widespread grid-tied batteries might be a GOOD thing.)
>Also, by incentivizing vehicle designs with removable (and thus swappable) batteries, it makes taxis and other high demand use cases more practical without needing widespread fast charging infrastructure.
That is a big plus as allows more control when batteries are topped up, so enables the ability to shift demand to off-peak usage and equally add grid storage/supply for grid stability thruout the day in a battery form factor that's competition driven price-wise. Lot's of potential here and the first step in that direction has been made.