Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Watch The World's Fastest-Charging EV Hit 80% In 9 Minutes: 'Freaking Wild' (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Even besides this aspect, it's an idea that borders on fantasy because it would require every vehicle to have the same size and shape of pack (or perhaps a few different variations) which would require every manufacturer to agree to the standard and build all their vehicles around it.

Furthermore, it would also require a ton of labor to be swapping millions of packs every day with no end in sight. This also introduces a ton of liability because what happens when people fuck up and a car bursts into flames or the pack falls out on the highway, which even if rare, will be happening frequently with volumes this high especially in a job that probably would be considered low skill and low pay (like a fuel attendant job).

[–] SlopppyEngineer 4 points 11 hours ago

require a ton of labor to be swapping millions of packs every day

It's fully automated. The swapping and moving batteries to charge is done without humans involved. Even the car driving into the swapping bay is automatic these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't NIO already operating a huge battery swapping network?

[–] Evotech 2 points 12 hours ago

Yes, they are the primary drivers of this "lease your battery"