EV Battery Swapping To Earth: How Do You Like Me Now?
The US-based EV battery swapping innovator Ample is bringing its lightweight, modular, 5-minute battery exchange system to Tokyo for a trial run.
Tesla battery swapping
Can Electric Truck Battery Swap Really Work?
Tesla is about to reveal its truck, so it’s a good time to consider the range and other requirements. Pack swapping has been considered a possible scenario, but how would that work and how many packs are needed?
How To Develop Battery Swapping Stations
By Mira Inbar @Mirainbar When Tesla announced last year that it was going to build battery swapping stations, many journalists and industry insiders harkened back to the legacy of Better Place, the Israeli startup that built its business model around battery swapping stations. Better Place lost $812 million when it … [continued]
Tesla Battery Swapping Station To Open In California
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Tesla Motors battery swap lives! Pack swap now operating in limited beta mode for SF to LA route. Can swap battery faster than visiting a gas station. Tesla blog out soon. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2014 Honestly, the Tesla Motors battery-swapping pilot … [continued]
Toyota i-Road, Fisker, Tesla Patents, Battery Swapping… (EV News)
Time for another EV news roundup. I’m breaking it up into sections this time. Enjoy! Tesla Battery Swap Dead End: Tesla hasn’t hitting its battery-swapping rolling target (which was about 7 months ago) and it hasn’t mentioned it. Has battery swapping hit a complete dead end? Fully Charged Tour: A Tesla tour … [continued]
Solar & Electrified Vehicle News Roundup (Tesla Stock & Models, Chevy Volt App, Bill Maher…
I spent most of the weekend covering a bunch of stories I’ve been wanting covered but no one has been able to get to, as well as a few new stories that popped up. Of course, CleanTechnica doesn’t have an infinite budget, which is one key reason I started a … [continued]
17 Tesla Battery Swap Videos (Including Q&A With Elon Musk)
I think we just lucked out. A reader has passed along a bunch of videos from the Tesla Model S battery swap demo and the follow-up Q&A session with Elon Musk. There are a lot of interesting answers in the Q&A videos that I haven’t seen or heard elsewhere (and … [continued]
Tesla Wows Again — 90-Second Battery Swap Unveiled (VIDEO)
Update June 22: See 17 videos of the battery swap and follow-up Q&A with Elon Musk here. Original Post: You thought battery swapping was over, didn’t you? But then along came Tesla with another big announcement…. Tesla’s last big announcement following months of good news and press conferences was the announcement … [continued]
Tesla To Demo Battery Swapping On Thursday Night
Tesla just about 14 hours ago announced via email to reporters that it would be performing a live battery pack swap demo tomorrow (Thursday, June 20) at 8:00pm (doors opening at 7:30pm) at Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. Actually, as with many things Tesla, Tesla CEO and Chairman Elon Musk … [continued]
