china leading the world in battery-swapping technology.

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    I figured this was the way the tech would go. That or like, draining a liquid electrolyte and pumping in more like a regular gas station

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      You’d probably have to swap out the anodes or cathodes or whatever too

  • culpritus [any]
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    7 months ago

    reading about this previously failed attempt at this tech makes this even funnier

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)

    • thirtymilliondeadfish [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      Fewer than 1,000 Fluence Z.E. cars were deployed in Israel and around 400 units in Denmark, after spending about US$850 million in private capital.[4][5][6][7] After two failed post-bankruptcy acquisition attempts,[8][9][10] the bankruptcy receivers sold off the remaining assets in November 2013 to Gnrgy for only $450,000.[11]

      stonks-up