Battery switch technology demo

Demonstration of the worlds first automated battery switch technology for electric vehicles in Yokohama, Japan. For more information please visit http://www.betterplace.com

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[MrAlzidex]

Amazing! When are you coming to Canada!!!

[klingoncowboy4]

Lol I can't wait to drive one these things in Saudi Alberta and get my battery swapped in a fraction of the time it takes those nice shiny gas guzzling pickups to refuel. Unfortunately it wouldn't be true "zero emission" since the power is all coal generated, but its a start.

[espjuan]

These stations are what are going to make electric vehicles a viable and practical option. There are loads of people who do not live in homes and would want an electric vehicle to avoid lets say London's congestion charge or the high price of petrol/diesel.

[wullebulle123]

if it just didnt look so totally fancy I could think it was real

[therotaryrocket]

@yessory even with the coal it still pollutes much less considering the high efficiency of electric vehicles, and the fact that the pollution is concentrated to power plants make it easier handle (scrubbers? filters, possibly even ways to trap the CO2 or something). This battery swap out is freaking sweet! So i'm guessing everyone chips in on the battery packs which would probably also bring the price down. That is as long as the long arm of the oil companies and FEDs don't have a hand in it.

[dymproductions]

@klingoncowboy4 better place make sure the power comes from renewable sources.

[yessory]

@klingoncowboy4 actually they eventually plan on using solar for recharging!

[lancethrustworthy]

Of course, this demonstration is of a perfectly clean car and undercarriage. How well is it going to work in real world conditions? There will probably need to be some kind of cleaning system as part of the replacement process.

[soulchild3751]

@LuMagazine It's not going to cost any government anything. Better Place is deploying these stations with their own capital and manpower. Besides, think of the longterm savings with such a network being put into place. Imagine driving a car with domestic electricity and not OPEC oil. Think of what a positive impact that would have on our trade deficit.

[vernonGODLittle3]

@kakureru ok but thats the same for automatic car washing machines isnt it? And they work too.

[LuMagazine]

Freakin' ridiculous... Break the packs into 6 sections which can easily be swaped manually, snap in, snap out. This is just a pathetic multinational excuse to create a totally unecessary and costly infrastructure to protect the gas station industry. Fail!

[kakureru]

great idea until retards ruin it like not positioning car properly