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by xeromal 1051 days ago
Super interesting. I recall a company in Thailand doing that for scooters. They had a wall exchange where you just drop in your old battery and get a new one. Real plug and play. This is obviously way more intricate though.
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There is a company in Taiwan called Gogoro, which created this market; they sell scooters that you can't charge, but they have modular batteries and battery swap stations all over the island.

You just stop at any station, insert your depleted batteries, click a button on the app and they give you freshly charged batteries to put back in and go.

gogoro youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ddtHj_N2E

asianometry video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZigLuaijsI

This is what I was talking about! Thanks for sharing the video