On 21 Mar 2025 at 17:07, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Given human nature, I suspect that battery swapping only works for a rented or > leased EV.
I think it could work for an owned EV with a leased battery. The Better Place model was similar to battery leasing. You owned the car and Better Place owned the battery. Effectively, you paid them by the km you drove. IMO, something like Better Place could still work if EV batteries were sufficiently standardized, and if the scheme were sufficiently capitalized this time round. That said, I could be wrong, but I don't think it will happen. Aside from the standardization problem, DCFC has nearly caught up with battery swapping in speed. It's also tough for me to imagine an automated battery swapping depot that would cost less than DCFC per vehicle served. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = First Law of Bicycling: No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
