Battery Swapping is key for cold weather

Have you seen Chris "Fix" upgrade cells in a Prius. similar , no sense in carrying around old technolgy, he upgraded/swapped the pack to new higher density cells ..using same battery pack case ..hands down best video for someoen wanting/needing to repplace dead /cell/pack on a prius




This all plays out with Battery swapping for the non DIY people.most of us. When NIO upgrades to newer battery cell technology with better ability to handles heat/cold , increased density. lighter weight all increase in range and implements it there is no need top buy a new EV ..you have immediate access via their battery swap stations

 

So here we are again with backups at the DCFC chargers and Uber/taxi drivers . This time New York
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So battery swapping for fleets first would be huge towards taking pressure off the DCFC chargers .

 

Chinas is actually worse than United states as far as population density . Imagine trying to charge in Beijing

Is Beijing bigger than NYC?

In terms of total population, New York City is about 40% of the size of Beijing, with a population of 8.4 million versus Beijing's roughly 21 million. Beijing's richest resident is Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, who's worth $35.6 billion

Also China has roughly 10 million evs already on the road compared to 2 million in the USA

When it comes to the electric vehicle (EV) market, China is leading the charge ahead of traditional automotive juggernauts like Germany and Japan. China’s new EV sales increased by 82% in 2022, accounting for nearly 60% of global EV purchases. This greatly surpasses that of the U.S., Norway, and other Scandinavian nations that were early adopters of EVs.


And think about this Over 300 Comapnies make electric vehicles in China !!


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One last thing on this is that there is an attendant on duty , so whie the swap is automated if for whatever reason there is a glith the attendeat can restart it AND REboot the DCFC chargers that are also installed at the swap stations.

Nothing more frustrating that being at a charger that just needs as a simple reboot and having to call support and the process takes 10-15 minutes just to do a reboot. That would be awesome to have an attendant just reboot.

 

just costs , can you imagine having attendedants just standing at the tens of thousands of charging locations !(for DCFC I still dont understand why the7y simply dont add a reboot button..make everyones experiance so much better)

With a busy Swap station ...even if tens of thousands it makes sense.. you pay a premium for battery swapping instead of charging. that premium covers the attendant as well as the equipment.

 

Wem have AMPLE battery swapping as well . Ample has been around a few years. they are working with Uber in San Fransico. They have like 5 swaps stations

Ample is also working with Fisker, GM, Stellantis etc..

That said ..NIO is like Tesla is to charging ..Tesla dominates as the better charging experiance and NIO dominates as the battery swapping.

BTW.. Here's NIO in the United States.. I love that orange and the interior fantastic.




As far as the inevitable Politics of purchasing a car from china , we already buy everything from China I'd buy a chinese car. Not a big deal to me as long as the quality is good.

But yes we are going to see the same nonsense we seen in the 1960's,70's and 80's as Japan started imports in the USA. I was part of the muscle car generation and no way in H word we buy a car from Japan.. well until we'd get into a buddys datsun pickup and think it was the greast thibn to sliced bread. Today no one thinks twice about Toyota or any other Japanese car brands.. we just want quality and for a fair price.

I'd much rather have trade back and forth with China than missles.. I want them to NEED us. Riusians dont have any money, so they can pretend to be great friends with Russia but the reality is we are far more important to China than Russia is.

 

USA Ample battery swapping latest partener = Stellantis



Set up in days..

 

Attendants not 24/7 , only during busy parts of day. Like Waitress , you dont have 10 waitress all day just during busy times of day.

And yes there will be slow times of day with attendants,. NIO Power is the branch of NIO that does battery swaps. CEO says 60 swaps a day is profitable

 

This is what I was talking about for us rideshare drivers, instead of clogging up the chargers..especially in winter . absolutely perfect. I timed the first car roughly 4 minutes and 2 1/2 minutes on the next car. Taxis just rolling up swapping staying oput of the chargers wy and they get right back on the road making money. Taxi companies paying the premium for a swap vs charge

 

wow another great application for battery swapping.. Semis ! The batteries are of course slow charged so no affect on grid AND can be used t feed the grid when the grid needs extra power

 

Not needed in rural areas in China , USA or anywhere else rurally. Battery Swapping is needed in high density urban areas where people live in Apts and dont have access to overnight charging.

Also NIOS new battery swapping stations are completely automated ..but if I had one near me I'd WANT it to have an attendant . As much as I love the idea of batteey swapping I dont want to pull up to one that is down any more than I want to pull up to chargers that are down. For me charging at home is mostly all I need other than when I get long Uber trips and for long drives. those situations I'd much rather just swap and keep moving

The reality is with or without attendants battery swapping is clearly working , a viable alternative to charging or complementary to charging. not an either or, we can have both.