I had hopes that this would become the model when Tesla started designing them this way, but I guess others haven't wanted to go this way - for now, at least. Existing gas stations would be a great place for those swaps, providing a growing revenue stream for owners as gas sales drop.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 2, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Michael Ross via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, Tesla designed the S and presumably X and 3 for quick swapping > (to get around an ill-advised CA law). There is a video of them driving on > and swapping 2 S's automatically in the time it takes to put gas in one > Nissan ICE. The doesn't make them interchangeable, but it's not nothing. >> On Mar 2, 2016 1:13 PM, "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> >>> I know it's been looked at in more recent years, but the actual >>> reasons for no one implementing such a scheme has, to me, been lost >>> in the noise. >> >> Actually, battery leasing is very common for commercial and industrial EVs >> (fork lifts, golf carts, etc.) Fleet operators like to control costs, and >> hate surprises and down-time. Leasing gives them a dependable monthly cost, >> no matter what happens. >> >> The company providing the batteries also likes it. They have a big >> dependable customer, who pays the bills (or is easy to find and collect >> from if they don't). The batteries are highly standardized. The vehicles >> are built for easy battery swaps and maintenance and swaps. There are often >> a large number of identical packs at the same location. All this makes >> their job easier. >> >> The situation is a lot more difficult for individual consumer EVs. There >> are no standard packs. The vehicles aren't built to allow fast battery >> swaps. Customers are widely scattered. And, it's going to be harder to >> collect from customers who don't pay. >> >> There's one more factor. Many consumers abuse rental property. "Hey, it's >> a rental -- I can wreck it, because it's not mine." >> >> On the other side, I can also see fast-buck fear-mongers that will sell >> people worthless battery leases or maintenance agreements. They are going >> to give consumer battery leasing a bad reputation. >> >> -- >> Knowledge is better than belief. Belief is when someone else does >> your thinking. -- anonymous >> -- >> Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >> Please discuss EV drag racing at 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/20160302/57771c49/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
