So it started as "battery swap stations will never happen" but now it's having a whinge that they're not more widely used, and you're not even the person I was replying to.
Still, this kind of back-pedaling and goalpost shifting is entertaining.
It tells me that you're not very knowledgeable about EVs and you don't know what you're talking about. Here's another company rolling out battery swap stations:
Tesla alone adds 3500 new stations (each with avg. 8 chargers) per QUARTER. And that will continue to grow. And that is outside of many companies doing such network.
But yeah 5000 stations in 2025 maybe, how amazing. I know understanding scale is hard.
And the government is subsidizing it in China as well. When they stop some car makers there will also stop.
Wireless charging is a waste of energy, and literally a horrible thing for climate change.
It's as I said. You don't know what you're talking about.
I think you must spend too much time consuming social media influencer "content". They don't know what they're talking about either. It's like mental junk food.
> Tesla has been building them for nine years and still hasn't reached 3,500 stations:
I misread, still 288 a Qarter and that is growing. Compared to 500 in 4 years. These stations have more threw put then any individual swapping station. Literally nothing you said changes anything about my argument.
Tesla is just one company, the simply fact is, battery swapping is a tiny niche and you can deflect as long as you want, its a simple fact.
> 94% efficient
Even 0.1% less efficiency would be a gigantic amount when you consider that we are talking about charging 1-2 billion cars.
Still, this kind of back-pedaling and goalpost shifting is entertaining.