CATL Plans Big Battery Swapping Push
CATL, the largest battery manufacturer in the world, is planning a major new push into battery swapping technology.
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As Gogoro Expands in Latin America, Executive Changes Come in Taiwan
Latin America is Gogoro CEO Horace Luke’s last official function After opening shop in Bogota, Colombia, last May, Gogoro launched in Santiago, Chile, just last month. In both instances, the battery swapping and smartscooter company inked deals with fuel and lubricant companies — Tepel in Colombia and Copec in Chile. … [continued]
Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping
The EV battery swapping startup Ample is joining forces with Mitsubishi to stimulate EV sales with a quick, seamless alternative to charging stations.
Why Use Battery Swapping? Where Is Swapping Most Needed?
Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail, more electric buses than anywhere else in the world, and … [continued]
Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge
One can analyze the differences between charging cases by examining the smallest unit of charging, the charging transaction, and comparing the cases. The charging transaction is a vehicle entering a station charge depleted and leaving with more charge. It is possible to use this transaction as a unit transaction in … [continued]
Ampersand Scales Nairobi Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Capacity To Meet Kenya’s Growing Demand For Electric Motorcycles
New Nairobi factory triples production capacity in Kenya, fueling the county’s transition to electric motorcycles. Ampersand now has 1150 bikes on the roads of Nairobi. There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are … [continued]
EV Battery News Just Keeps Getting Better & Better
Some headline writers continue to write off 100% battery-electric vehicles as a passing fad, overwhelmed by a flood of hybrids and the insatiable thirst for liquid fuel. That’s just plain silly, of course. Global EV sales continue to rise. The question is how fast. Faster-charging and less expensive batteries with … [continued]
Battery Swapping Is Not Just About Speed, It’s About Power From The Grid — Part…
Continuing on from Part 1 of this series on electric car & truck charging, here is Part 2. More Power Required for Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging than for Cars Fast charging heavy electric trucks is a much different proposition than fast charging electric cars. Car charging stations are typically equipped … [continued]
NIO’s Big New EV Charging & Swapping Plans
We all know that NIO is one of the more popular “new” EV-only car companies from China. (“New” is maybe not the best term now, since NIO is almost a decade old and there are many much newer companies.) It is well known not just for its cars but for … [continued]
Electric Car & Truck Charging — Part 1
Most of the heavy electric trucks on the road to date are in China. As of 2022, China sold 36,000 electric trucks, 91% of the total. No country other than China ever sold over 1,000 electric trucks in a year. In heavy electric trucks, China is by far the largest … [continued]
