I’m all for trying new things, however there’s tradeoffs with this approach I think that people may not be grasping that may change their mind if they want this.
the conversion to the vehicle will mean less space for battery because the housing, latches, connectors, etc have to be added to support an easily removable battery. So a 200 mile range battery may mean dropping to 150 mile range or less just to have the option to swap batteries.
Good EVs batteries use liquid thermal management, including the Fiat 500e noted in this article. It looks like this company is removing the liquid battery and replacing it with their own battery module. From the end of the article.
Updated December 7th 11:55AM ET: Ample’s modular batteries are compatible with any EV, the company says. A previous version of this story misstated this.
Without liquid thermal management the car is much more negatively affected by cold and hot days limiting range (and life of the battery which will increase costs of subscription).
I’m all for trying new things, however there’s tradeoffs with this approach I think that people may not be grasping that may change their mind if they want this.
the conversion to the vehicle will mean less space for battery because the housing, latches, connectors, etc have to be added to support an easily removable battery. So a 200 mile range battery may mean dropping to 150 mile range or less just to have the option to swap batteries.
Good EVs batteries use liquid thermal management, including the Fiat 500e noted in this article. It looks like this company is removing the liquid battery and replacing it with their own battery module. From the end of the article.
Updated December 7th 11:55AM ET: Ample’s modular batteries are compatible with any EV, the company says. A previous version of this story misstated this.Without liquid thermal management the car is much more negatively affected by cold and hot days limiting range (and life of the battery which will increase costs of subscription).