Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:04:59 +0000

The EV battery swapping startup Ample is joining forces with Mitsubishi to stimulate EV sales with a quick, seamless alternative to charging stations.

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Why Use Battery Swapping? Where Is Swapping is Most Needed?

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:55:05 +0000

Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail, more electric buses than anywhere else in the world, and … [continued]

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Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:46:27 +0000

One can analyze the differences between charging cases by examining the smallest unit of charging, the charging transaction, and comparing the cases. The charging transaction is a vehicle entering a station charge depleted and leaving with more charge. It is possible to use this transaction as a unit transaction in … [continued]

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Ampersand Scales Nairobi Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Capacity To Meet Kenya’s Growing Demand For Electric Motorcycles

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:29:33 +0000

New Nairobi factory triples production capacity in Kenya, fueling the county’s transition to electric motorcycles. Ampersand now has 1150 bikes on the roads of Nairobi. There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are … [continued]

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EV Battery News Just Keeps Getting Better & Better

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:37:28 +0000

Some headline writers continue to write off 100% battery-electric vehicles as a passing fad, overwhelmed by a flood of hybrids and the insatiable thirst for liquid fuel. That’s just plain silly, of course. Global EV sales continue to rise. The question is how fast. Faster-charging and less expensive batteries with … [continued]

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NIO’s Big New EV Charging & Swapping Plans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:33:49 +0000

We all know that NIO is one of the more popular “new” EV-only car companies from China. (“New” is maybe not the best term now, since NIO is almost a decade old and there are many much newer companies.) It is well known not just for its cars but for … [continued]

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Electric Car & Truck Charging — Part 1

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 04:10:28 +0000

Most of the heavy electric trucks on the road to date are in China. As of 2022, China sold 36,000 electric trucks, 91% of the total. No country other than China ever sold over 1,000 electric trucks in a year. In heavy electric trucks, China is by far the largest … [continued]

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What’s New at NIO?

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:50:29 +0000

NIO Achieved Record Deliveries of 21,209 in June In June 2024, NIO delivered 21,209 vehicles, representing an increase of 98.1% year-over-year. NIO delivered 57,373 vehicles in the second quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 143.9% year-over-year. From January to June 2024, NIO delivered 87,426 vehicles, representing an increase of … [continued]

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Chinese Battery & Auto Giants Looking To Follow & Rival NIO In Battery Swapping

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:03:34 +0000

Tesla tried battery swapping a long time ago. Sort of. Maybe. In any case, it didn’t last long and there were only a couple of battery swap stations trialled. Better Place tried battery swapping for real in Israel, but then the company went bankrupt. NIO decided it would include battery … [continued]

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NIO Power Swap Station 4.0 Now Operational

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:18:26 +0000

Guangzhou, China — The first batch of NIO Power Swap Station 4.0 went live. The fourth generation supports automated battery swap for multiple brands and different vehicle models. NIO, ONVO and all battery swap strategic partners can access the new stations for a comprehensively elevated battery swapping experience that is … [continued]

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