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Home Posts tagged "Battery Swapping"

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Tesla’s Class 8 electric truck, first showing due tomorrow, is important, but hardly the second coming of Christ

November 15, 2017 November 15, 2017

The long-awaited Tesla big rig is due to be shown tomorrow, after being delayed a few times supposedly because of focus on ramping up Tesla Model 3 production.  Of source the Model 3 is the make-or-break product of the moment and therefore Elon Musk and others at Tesla Motors must…

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Nissan Leaf battery swap replaced under warranty

June 25, 2015 June 25, 2015

This video shows a 2011 Leaf getting a new battery under warranty, when the original degraded too rapidly.

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Tesla owners not interested in Battery swap, supercharger is fine for most

June 15, 2015 June 15, 2015

A couple weeks ago Tesla Motors held their yearly shareholders meeting.   As always it was chock full of good information, and in general a big love-fest between shareholders and Tesla Motors.  Aside from the people requesting that Tesla Motors offer an interior which doesn’t involve the deaths of animals…

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Tesla Motors will build at least one battery swapping station by December 2014

October 15, 2014 April 13, 2015

According to several sources today, Tesla Motors is going ahead with their robotic battery exchange technology and will deploy one battery swap station somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles.  The service will launch by December 2014, and no I don’t know anything more than that. The news came first…

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Extended range electric cars with easily swapped battery trailers

May 1, 2014 March 31, 2015

While it’s understood electric car owners gain range confidence after a couple months of EV ownership, a question still lingers how an EV owner handles longer trips.   The easy alternatives are to either rent a gasoline powered car, buy a plug-in hybrid (like the Volt), or use a fast charging…

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Will electric vehicle battery packs be sold separately from the vehicle?

September 8, 2009 May 28, 2015

Apparently some of the upcoming commercially available electric vehicles will separate the battery pack and vehicle purchases.  Famously that is the business plan of Project Better Place who is proposing that customers lease the battery pack and buy the car.   Nissan has not made a clear decision regarding the LEAF…

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