That's a pretty impressive video. Maybe they can build the robotics for the home user so the plug can find the charge port by itself... :-) Seriously in the future this technology will be needed when EV use becomes dominant. If you spent any time around a busy gas station on a Thursday evening before the price goes up (our gas prices are regulated to change usually on a Friday) you would see why the time to swap vs time to charge makes complete sense. As mentioned, Battery packs could be equipped with a small BMS to measure usage or abuse and pro-rate themselves. Standardization will be key here and Musk has taken the steps toward that direction with dispelling a lot of their patents. If automotive engineers can standardize on the components to fill an ICE vehicle why can't it be done for the EV?
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:36 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV < [email protected]> wrote: > On 13 Mar 2015 at 0:46, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > > > sounds like you haven't seen the ...Tesla battery swap. > > I hadn't, but now I have. Impressive! ;-) > > And (from what he's saying) that's with the battery bolted in place, rather > than using some kind of quick-snug fasteners. > > If only Tesla's battery exchange stations were compatible with every EV out > there. But from what I understand, even if another EV were to develop an > identical battery configuration, Tesla's stations wouldn't be open to > anyone > but Tesla owners. Understandably so, since they pay for their use of at > least Tesla's chargers, and presumably part of their battery exchange > costs, > up front in the cost of the car. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150313/5ac9fb3c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
