I have to wonder how many takes they have to do to get some of the marketing bullsh** statements that say nothing but sound so "intelligent" in the can.

I still think battery swapping is the better way to go for society. It is better than fast charging that degrades the batteries faster. Battery swapping is as fast as filling up a gas tank. Battery swapping means the batteries can be even smaller with no range anxiety.

I would love to see a model where car manufacturers, car manufacturer groups or battery manufacturers like Panasonic own the batteries. Only the car is purchased and the battery is bought/rented/leased as a separate purchase or included, and it could be an option, but regardless, a person basically can buy new shells and just continually swap modular batteries. Going on a camping trip or needing to tow a boat in your EV truck, well, swap in the premium/long range battery for the day or weekend, maybe for a surcharge or the standard or economy battery. Why carry a big battery around all the time?

The manufacturer can slow-charge the batteries for better longevity. They can recycle the batteries or transition them to grid storage instead of doing a buy-back/tade-in program.

Tesla moved away from swapping because of lack of interest, but that was probably because luxury car buyers have homes and garages to charge, and because Tesla never set up a system for swapping that removed liability like Niro. Tesla now has an integrated battery that is part of the structure, which they say saved weight, so this could be good for many buyers, but I see swapping as the ideal model for the masses.

There are many technological problems with that, and let's not start on the psychological ones (swapping a fresh battery for an old one, swapped battery that stops working, etc). A great idea in theory, but probably not realistic for passenger cars. It might work for fleets and/or heavy duty vehicles, though.

I think pretty much every manufacturer has this now. GM's new battery tech is basically the entire rolling chassis of the car.

I agree with @Ohio Enthusiast it's a good idea in theory but probably not practical in the long run.

Since I have a preorder for a Lyriq AWD I've been playing around with routes as most of the 3rd party route planning software has the Lyriq in it now. A trip we plan to take next week that is a little over 500 miles, would require us to leave at 90%, stop once for a recharge of 30 minutes and still arrive with what I consider a safe margin of charge. That's practical to me.

Yeah every car manufacturer with an EV chassis is basically using the same skateboard chassis setup...the flat battery pack takes up the entire floor, the motors are over the axles and depending on how big/tall they are could allow a frunk. I dont know how you even design a more efficient setup than that....

you know...all of these EV solutions for problems that are a logistical nightmare when having to scale it up to automotive size.....however impractical they are always seems to be to spend more money......

-Gas prices pissing you off? Spend a huge upfront cost for an EV and its charging. you'll save in the long run..(have to reach the break even point first before you actually see savings)
-EV not practical enough for your road trips and you dont have a second car? Spend money and rent a car!
-EV road trip takes longer than normal? Spend money for a hotel if you have to stay overnight to make it work!
-Battery charging annoys you? just swap out the batteries!!! you cant practially do it yourself so you likely have to spend money at a swap station to swap it out!

You’re late to the game. There are already thousands of battery swapping stations worldwide. This isn’t just an idea that only has a proof of concept. It is active and rapidly expanding

https://www.electronicdesign.com/mar...-pace-in-china

Skip to 4:30
https://youtu.be/MB1NSAuRryA

It is what it is. We are what, ten years into EV cars at any type of scale to say we were being serious about EV tech and solutions? Give it time. They should be cheaper than an ICE equivalent eventually from the POS, and those grievances won’t really be issues.

Supercharging and public charging is free for some and costs almost as much as filling up with gas for others, which is why most charge at home because it is cheaper. I think battery swapping will be fairly cheap for people who don’t have the means to recharge at home or who need a swap for a long trip or day of towing their boat to the lake. It would be no different than heading to the gas station, but probably faster than filling up a large tank on a truck. Battery swapping makes a lot of sense for semis.

https://www.greencarreports.com/news...-free-in-china

https://youtu.be/-5BPL4Nm1q0

It is almost the ideal set up for transports. Pull into a quick change station and be back on the road in less time than filling two 150 gallon diesel tanks.

Passenger car owner are not going to want to sacrifice the space needed for swappable.

Besides I would hate digging through my junk drawer for a good replacement battery all the time.

Electric cars were the leaders in the very beginning. Gas was hard to get and very expensive. The tech was taking off but then gas got cheap (and the oil companies suppressed the battery tech as they got richer) cars started reaching more areas that still didn't even HAVE electricity and... well e know the rest of the story.

Now things are going back to that beginning. Imagine where we would be with battery tech by now if it had progressed alongside ICE for the last 150 years or so!

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car

Almost everyone. Not Lotus. While the skateboard design is ideal for most setups and would make battery swapping ideal, Lotus put the batteries more over the rear wheels for its sports cars so the ride height and seat position are lower. They might still slide out. Another EV track hypercar I watched has batteries that require removal to recharge and slide right out. They were upright, but I think the reason was for packaging and for more weight down low and over the rear wheels.

https://www.greencarcongress.com/202...923-lotus.html

Sacrificing what space?

Yes, Jay Leno always laments all his vehicles for their maintenance, while praising his Baker electric. Where we could have been with an extra 100 years of EV tech or even thirty years after the GM EV1…

https://youtu.be/OhnjMdzGusc

As mentioned a built in battery can be spread out. A removable has to be one or two easily accessible units with all the connectors, tracks, restraints and other odds and ends required to make secure but still easy to swap. That will take up space. Sure it can be incorporated into the design but it is still "lost" space all the same.