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California utilities scapegoat rooftop solar for high electricity rates (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That would require all (or at least a critical majority) of the manufacturers of such vehicles to implement a standardized form factor, which isn't going to happen short of legislative action. (I mean sure, they're almost entirely just 18650 cells at their core, but swapping individual cells is hardly practical or safe for average end users.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Indeed universal standards can’t be expected to exist or relied on and my comment doesn’t assume that.

What I would envision is a company that needs to deploy a battery swapping infrastructure for a car like this one (which I hear is common in Spain). People and businesses with extra solar power could have a 3rd-party drop off a vending machine which could be brand-specific.

Or it could be scooter batteries. I heard about battery swapping station for scooters in the UK. I don’t recall the brand though.

(update) It’s worth noting that a sustainable user-repairable battery is being planned, called the “Infinite Battery”:

https://www.ifixit.com/News/101675/bike-manufacturers-are-making-bikes-less-repairable