Battery charging time remains the main weakness of electric cars. Much more than autonomy actually. Because if it were possible charge the battery in 5 minutes just a stop, 250 or 300 km of real autonomy on the highway of most electric cars will now allow you to calmly consider long trips. It’s kind of like that what car manufacturer Fisker can offer in the future from 2024. as? Using replaceable batteries. Once your car battery is dead, all you have to do is this replace with “full” at a sharing station where a dead battery is automatically recharged for use by another user at a later time.

Not like NIO

If this solution has already been implemented by the new NIO brand, Fisker’s solution, however, is different. The Chinese manufacturer has started rolling out its battery replacement stations in Norway. However, the entire battery pack is replaced. The solution supported by Fisker is only about replacing certain models at a time, like LEGO.

To develop this technology, the American manufacturer cooperates with Ample. This company specializes in the development of electrical engineering solutions. He developed modular batteries consisting of modules of the same size, which can be compared to a shoe box. Therefore, after unloading, they could be easily replaced with elements loaded at a special station. An operation that will take less than ten minutes. An approach that should satisfy drivers who drive many kilometers but also share vehicles, says Henrik Fisker, founder of Fisker INC. “We are excited to introduce Ample’s innovative battery replacement system that will take the Fisker Ocean, and potentially other vehicles we intend to bring to market in the future, to a new level of affordability.” he greeted. One can also imagine a future for taxis and self-driving cars before this system.

A wider future?

Emple claims that there is a system Of course adapted to all vehicles designed and built with this type of battery. This means that in the future it will be possible to offer this technology to other brands through a partnership similar to the one with Fisker. What then to democratize this technology, and solve several “problems” related to electromobility at once: less time at the terminals means fewer terminals needed, fewer queues on busy days and lots of time savings on long journeys.