NIO ES8 & 3-minute Battery Swap Station | FULLY CHARGED for Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles
What it is
Fully Charged episode where Elliot drives the NIO ES8 SUV and visits a battery swap station that replaces the pack in about three minutes. It covers the ownership model of swapping and what it could mean for EV charging.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as concrete evidence that automated battery swapping already works in practice, especially in China.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“Here is a video on how it works”
Explains how automated battery swapping works.
ComradePhil, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders to switch to e-scooters”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: nio, battery swap, electric vehicles, charging, china
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