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How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping Work (hbr.org)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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See, Apple? Even cars can do it :)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would guess a swappable battery would be separated from the vehicle, similar to a gas bottle for a grill.

The battery would be rented for a small deposit and on swapping you only pay the energy + service fee.

I guess you could also buy one to own, but then could not swap that.

That's how it would make sense, at least.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I will take ownership over leasing as a 200 miles range is more than enough for me. But you will see if the leasing model works out, they will only have leasing left for you as that's a continous money flow. Or have the battery be super expensive to discourage you buy it.