Gsus4@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agoHow One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Workhbr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1400arrow-down129file-text
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minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down6·16 days agoImagine the cost of stations everywhere that would have tanker-trucks deliver fluid that you’d put in cars
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days agoWell yeah but the comparison here should be against a typical BEV. ICE cars are already being phased out regardless.
minus-squareTwentytwodividedby7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThis is not comparable. The fuel is spent and sold. Gas stations usually only have a few days supply of inventory. This is like holding engines in inventory to swap without notice on the spot. But in this case the engines cost $10k+. The fee to swap is about $12…so you have to swap each battery about 800 times to break even. See how you’re wrong yet?
Imagine the cost of stations everywhere that would have tanker-trucks deliver fluid that you’d put in cars
Well yeah but the comparison here should be against a typical BEV. ICE cars are already being phased out regardless.
This is not comparable.
The fuel is spent and sold. Gas stations usually only have a few days supply of inventory.
This is like holding engines in inventory to swap without notice on the spot. But in this case the engines cost $10k+.
The fee to swap is about $12…so you have to swap each battery about 800 times to break even. See how you’re wrong yet?