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[–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

There actually was a Chinese EV startup that had battery swap stations: drive up onto the system, and the battery is directly under your car; the swap takes <1 minute. I don't remember what it was called, though, nor if it ever made it.

Update: it's Nio.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Tom Scott did a video on it. In all honesty, there are a number of things about this system that I just don’t see working well in the long term, but it’s an interesting prototype nonetheless.

    https://youtu.be/hNZy603as5w

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