Every now and again I contemplate leaving this list and then a thread like this comes along.
Thanks to all of you for the fun read. On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM Lawrence Winiarski via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Yeah, the pack swap has lots of prob if you aren't swapping your own pack, > but it got me thinking..... > Maybe there might be a merit for something like this idea : Charging a > stranded EV You need a gimongous generatorto charge an EV in 5 min and a > little generator would take hours or even days, but perhaps a way of using an > 2nd EV to "recharge" a stranded EV you could do it super fast also > > > On Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:04:56 PM PDT, (-Phil-) via EV > <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > This has been tried before, even by Tesla. People don't want to risk > getting a pack swapped in that has been abused, has high degradation, > etc. The only way it can work is if you lease the pack, and while that > model has had success in China and the EU, it's not worked here at all. > > I think Tesla only ever had a handful of takers willing to pay the extra > premium over supercharging (which was then free), and it was only used in > the LA <--> SF corridor and Tesla promised to give your original pack back > when you returned! > > It's been tried also by others, and it's always failed in the US and EU, > only in China has it had any success whatsoever, and I bet it won't last. > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM John Lussmyer via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > On 3/20/2025 11:10 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > > > But it would (gasp! choke!) require EV manufacturers to standardize > > their batteries. > > And have all "charge" stations have large, mechanical, complex stations > > that are likely to need lots of maintenance, and possibly attendants. > > AND still have huge power requirements to recharge all the swapped packs. > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250320/fab575fb/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250320/c79563df/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
