• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    I’ve seen a lot of inconsistency in charger shapes for different ebikes I’ve used. I wonder how they decided which charging heads to provide?

    • FartsWithAnAccentOPM
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      610 months ago

      It would be nice to have standardized batteries and chargers

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Like a station of batteries, you plug in your dead one and take a fresh one.
        I guess you would never own the battery, and would have to be subscription based.

        • FartsWithAnAccentOPM
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          210 months ago

          That, or something akin to how propane cans are exchanged.

          • @[email protected]
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            310 months ago

            I thought about the propane angle. But propane lasts a lot longet than a battery charge, a propane tank doesnt degrade like a battery does, and a battery is more expensive than a propane tank (both construction and recycling).
            So, its higher cost of entry, potentially high cost of “recertifying” (ie turning around an empty battery into a full one).
            It seemed more likely that both the user and the company to get screwed over by duff batteries and surprise costs

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          They could do like propane tanks, where you just pay when you swap for a fresh one. You could also still recharge the battery you have. No subscription needed