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Ford dismisses battery swaps

One of the favored concepts among many electric vehicle proponents (and, most prominently, Better Place) is replaceable battery packs as a means of "rapid refueling." However, aside from Nissan-Renault, no other major automaker has expressed any interest in the idea in the near term. Even Nissan is hedging its bets and the LEAF is not expected to include a swappable battery. Ford's Nancy Gioia is among the naysayers on battery swapping. Gioia is Ford's global director of vehicle electrification and we've spoken with her on several ... Read more →

AltCar 2009: NuTech battery swap trailer is fresh, kind of crazy Sebastian Blanco

The most interesting electric vehicle concept product we saw at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica this weekend was the automatic battery charger and changer from NuTech Energy Solutions. Since the ...

Renault-Nissan planning slow/fast charging and battery swap for Europe EVs Sam Abuelsamid

If reports coming from AutoCar are accurate, Renault and Nissan are planning three "energizing" options for customers when its first EVs arrive on the continent in 2011. The first two are ...

VIDEO: Better Place battery swapper demonstrated Domenick Yoney

One minute, 13 seconds. That's how long it took for the whiz-bang battery switcher engineered by Better Place to remove a battery from the undercarriage of its Nissan demonstration SUV and ...

Ford dismisses battery swaps 11 days ago on Autoblog Green

One of the favored concepts among many electric vehicle proponents (and, most prominently, Better Place) is replaceable battery packs as a means of "rapid refueling." However, aside from Nissan-Renault, no other major automaker has expressed any interest in the idea in the near term. Even Nissan ...

AltCar 2009: NuTech battery swap trailer is fresh, kind of crazy 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The most interesting electric vehicle concept product we saw at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica this weekend was the automatic battery charger and changer from NuTech Energy Solutions. Since the idea is a new one from Peter Capizzo and his business partner Glenda Dubak, all they had to show was ...

Renault-Nissan planning slow/fast charging and battery swap for Europe EVs 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

If reports coming from AutoCar are accurate, Renault and Nissan are planning three "energizing" options for customers when its first EVs arrive on the continent in 2011. The first two are straightforward slow and fast charge facilities. The slower option will charge the battery in 4-8 hours on ...

VIDEO: Better Place battery swapper demonstrated 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

One minute, 13 seconds. That's how long it took for the whiz-bang battery switcher engineered by Better Place to remove a battery from the undercarriage of its Nissan demonstration SUV and replace it with another. That's faster than either the fastest fast charge or filling it up with regular. ...


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