Comments on: Filling Electric Cars At The Pump

By: bskija

bskija — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:35:49 +0000

Folks: I intend to buy Toyota vehicles until my intelligence tells me there is a safer, better buy than Toyota. I will use magazines and bean counters that evaluate vehicles that are not beholden to any manufacturer of vehicles. In a hypothetical example, let's say you own a magazine and had a million dollar contract with an automobile maker to advertise their product. Without that million dollar contract would you knock that company if it meant you would go out of business?
BS from the media or the government concerning automobiles will go in one ear and out the other.

By: bskija

bskija — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:12:13 +0000

Of course a lot of study would have to be performed before swapping batteries is a practical and profitable endeavor. Factories would have to be built for charging the depleted batteries on a mass production basis. The fully charged batteries would be delivered just as gasoline is delivered to gasoline stations. They would be delivered to the swapping stations as needed. To accomplish this it would take years before swapping became practical. With the coming of lithium-ion batteries for vehicles swapping stations would be ideal to circumvent these batteries short-comings.

By: Martti Pitkanen

Martti Pitkanen — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:53:30 +0000

Investment per swap station is about 5 million euros.
Plus battery stock value in recharge and storage process.
Another issue is power grid durability.
If it was possible to recharge a battery in 20 min, it would
be equivalent of running an electric motor of 250 kW, per battery,
at swapping plant.

By: bskija

bskija — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:36:58 +0000

If you drive an electric car a manufacturer should revise the way the battery is charged. Your battery would not be your own. When you pull into a gas station your battery would be removed and a fully charged battery would be installed. The procedure to do this would not take more time than filling a regular vehicle with gasoline. The way a battery is installed would be accomplished by the design of the vehicle. Your original battery would not be your property. Your original battery would find its way into another car after it is fully charged. The design to accept the fully charged battery would have to be standardized by all vehicle manufacturers. There would be no need to charge your battery at home.