Re:Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 EV makes its US debut at the LA Auto Show
by clouddrover on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:12AM
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> The problem of swapping is that it makes no sense at scale
They only have to scale to the number of cars that want to swap at a given point in time at a given location. EVs with swappable packs can also charge as normal. It's not exclusively swapping or charging, it's both swapping and charging.
> And batteries are not interchangeable, because they’re structural and to maximise packing.
They are if you develop battery swap standards:
https://cnevpost.com/2021/05/10/battery-swap-national-standa...
And batteries are not interchangeable, because they’re structural and to maximise packing. So you need to stock batteries for every car brand if not model at every station. And in the right capacities do you don’t downgrade users (or upgrade them).
Battery swaps make sense on scooters because the cell packing is a lot less critical, so you can have a standard which is resilient and easy to manipulate and eat the loss of cell volume. The same might happen with trucks. If manufacturers can settle on standards in order to maintain travel rates.