Renault will remotely lock down electric cars

Re:Renault will remotely lock down electric cars by hepek on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:22PM (#6735264)

I think the battery-on-lease makes sense, because (I've heard somewhere) they are planning on swapping batteries instead of recharging them in their official charging stations.

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Re:Renault will remotely lock down electric cars by yabatopia on Thursday November 14, 2013 @04:01PM (#6735536)

Unfortunately battery swapping is dead. It was an interesting concept, but after the spectacular failure of their Israel based partner Better Place Renault made it very clear that battery swapping is no longer a valid option.

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Re:Renault will remotely lock down electric cars by hepek on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:23PM (#6735273)

To make that work with "owned" batteries, I would have to buy dozen batteries and pay to ship them thoughout my typical driving routes...

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