Re:Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined
by mdrzn on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:19AM
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Such a smart solution, I hope they go global with it!
I've been thinking of a similar solution for e-bikes and electric scooters (like Bird and Lime for example). Swapping a battery would be SO MUCH BETTER than having to fully recharge your own battery.
If I had to make a prediction for 50 years in the future, I'd guess that Tesla and others would study a way to hot-swap batteries in the car at the "e-Station" in a couple minutes instead of waiting for your own battery to recharge.
Re:Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined
by hungryforcodes on Friday October 22, 2021 @01:50AM
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Most of the Asian electric scooters are like that. This is absolutely not unique to that company.
https://www.e-scooter.co/vinfast-klara/
in Vietnam is just one example.
They're apparently expanding into more countries. I really like the concept of these things. It should be possible to make drivein charging stations for cars that do the same. But obviously you wouldn't be able to do that manually and designing such a system is a lot more expensive.
[1] https://www.gogoro.com/gogoro-network/