Lately there is a lot of talk about battery swap , thanks above all to of NIO who believed in this technology and created a network of battery exchange stations in China with the aim of further expanding it over the next few years. Technology that, now, the car manufacturer aims to try to bring also to Europe, starting from Norway. Recently, moreover, on this theme & egrave; even Renault intervened, fostering the possibility; that he wants to go back to experimenting with battery swap for his electric cars.
Geely too bets on battery swap and intends to make up for lost ground against NIO. For the moment, it must be said, this technology is; only available on some cars of its CaoCao transportation service in China. However, the automaker strongly believes in the potential of battery swapping which could reduce the reliance of electric vehicles on fast-charging stations. Geely, it must be said, potentially has the “strength” to be able to bring this technology even outside of China since it controls brands like Volvo and Lotus.
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HOW THE GEELY BATTERY SWAP WORKS 
The company Chinese a few weeks ago also shared an interesting video showing how it works of its battery swap system, underlining that the whole process of changing the battery takes place in about a minute . For comparison, at NIO stations the battery is replaced in 5 minutes. More recently, Geely & egrave; returned to this issue and wanted to emphasize that there are a number of good reasons to believe in her system. The first, of course, & egrave; speed . In a minute the battery is changed and you can & ograve; immediately get back to moving. The second concerns the type of station designed by Geely that & egrave; of the & quot; Drive-through & quot; type. The cars, in fact, enter on one side and exit on the other. All this comfortably with the driver always on board.
Payment of the service is; very simple. The car license plate is automatically read by a scanner and the cost is charged to the customer's account. And speaking of prices , Geely's battery swap for users of the CaoCao service costs just 55 yuan (about 7 euros). These stations intelligently manage the accumulators, recharging them and verifying their correct functioning.
Obviously it cannot; missing an & # 39; application linked to this battery swap service. Through it will be & agrave; not only possible to locate the most important stations; nearby and get information on how to get there, but also know the number of batteries available and the estimated waiting times to be able to make the change. Geely then explains that his stations are also equipped with safety systems to be able to intervene immediately and automatically in case of problems with the batteries. Finally, compared to traditional service stations, these are also very accurate in terms of cleaning.
The video makes everything seem very simple. There always remains the doubt of the validity; of this solution on a large scale and in the long term given the considerable costs in creating a capillary network of these exchange stations and the need; to equip them with many accumulators that also have a considerable cost. Furthermore, the evolution of batteries allows them to be recharged more and more; quickly and in the medium term, the potential advantages of battery swap will diminish.
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