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Tesla showed off this tech then scrapped it. Imagine the amount of warranty claims when you swap to a battery with some sort of issue...I still think developing easily swappable batteries is where it's at. Then, go to the battery station and swap it out, or charge at home overnight. The need to bolt the batteries to the bottom of the car and develop an automatic system where the car drives over a bay, the battery lowers and a new one is raised. The car drives off and the battery station employee places the battery on a large underground charging rack.
That's basically how we handle fork lifts at work, though its an overhead lift for the batt that is under the operator seat just by design.I still think developing easily swappable batteries is where it's at. Then, go to the battery station and swap it out, or charge at home overnight. The need to bolt the batteries to the bottom of the car and develop an automatic system where the car drives over a bay, the battery lowers and a new one is raised. The car drives off and the battery station employee places the battery on a large underground charging rack.
Well, instead of a Tesla charging station, make it a battery swap. It's impossible to get a battery to charge fast enough to compete with gas stations. I don't care how fast they get it to charge, it's not going to happen. Swapping or enough range for any possible trip are the only possible solutions.Tesla showed off this tech then scrapped it. Imagine the amount of warranty claims when you swap to a battery with some sort of issue...
That's a great comment. I do not see how, in this go,go,go, society how anyone would take a 1/2 hour to charge a vehicle. Can you imagine a cross country trip and 3 hours more to total time just because of the charging stops! Just my opinion but all our time and money should be advancing Hybrid technology.The Maverick hybrid gets more than twice the range as a standard Lighting and take only 5 Minutes to fill up.
I completely agree. Granted, battery tech is still far behind. However, swapping batteries seems like a better idea than trying to force more electricity into a charging port. I've always viewed it like the gas can or water cooler business model: go to any place that sells batteries and exchange you low batteries for fully charged ones. For high output and/or long range batteries, charge a premium. Now Joe Shmoe can use the cheaper batteries for daily driving and the long range ones for the the occasional out-of-state trip.I still think developing easily swappable batteries is where it's at. Then, go to the battery station and swap it out, or charge at home overnight. The need to bolt the batteries to the bottom of the car and develop an automatic system where the car drives over a bay, the battery lowers and a new one is raised. The car drives off and the battery station employee places the battery on a large underground charging rack.
In the long run I think that plug in hybrids will be the way to go. The advantages of full EV for short hops to the store, the convenience and range of a hybrid for trips.That's a great comment. I do not see how, in this go,go,go, society how anyone would take a 1/2 hour to charge a vehicle. Can you imagine a cross country trip and 3 hours more to total time just because of the charging stops! Just my opinion but all our time and money should be advancing Hybrid technology.
With EV's pushing the advancement of better batteries, I think this is indirectly bettering hybrid technology. Whether traditional or plug-in, better batteries make better hybrids. I have a feeling that batteries will be the new standard powertrain a la the new Maverick. This is why I'm hoping Ford creates a PowerBoost version of the 2023 Ranger. A hybrid you don't have to plug in can be extremely advantageous, especially for people who live in apartment complexes that don't provide EV stations.That's a great comment. I do not see how, in this go,go,go, society how anyone would take a 1/2 hour to charge a vehicle. Can you imagine a cross country trip and 3 hours more to total time just because of the charging stops! Just my opinion but all our time and money should be advancing Hybrid technology.
People like that tend to apply to the following:One thing folks looking at full EV seem to overlook is that having electricity readily available isn't always a given.
If they can get the charging down to 10 to 20 minutes, no fuel cost will be worth itThe Maverick hybrid gets more than twice the range as a standard Lighting and take only 5 Minutes to fill up.
The issue here is size - this concept absolutely makes sense for E-bikes and scooters, even electric motorcycles where you could scale and have the batteries be modular (an e-bike takes 1 pack, a scooter might house 3 and a motorcycle 5-6, though the voltage requirements will be different - lots of considerations). How do you scale that to the power requirement of a full size vehicle.I still think developing easily swappable batteries is where it's at. Then, go to the battery station and swap it out, or charge at home overnight. The need to bolt the batteries to the bottom of the car and develop an automatic system where the car drives over a bay, the battery lowers and a new one is raised. The car drives off and the battery station employee places the battery on a large underground charging rack.