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In the United States, luxury-car buyers are snapping up Teslas and other electric cars that cost more than $60,000, and even relatively cheap models cost more than $25,000.

Here in India, those are all out of reach of the vast majority of families, whose median income is just $2,400. But an electric vehicle movement is taking place nonetheless, not on four wheels, but on two and three.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/business/energy-environme…

Fuskie
Who realizes rickshaws are smaller than full size autos, but he’s long thought that some kind of quick battery-swap model would be much more consumer friendly than having to wait for recharging, if only they could figure out a mechanism that didn’t require heavy lifting…


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With the typical slow traffic I’ve seen in countries with rickshaws I don’t see why you couldn’t get a full recharge every night that covers an entire day of driving for all but a few percent of vehicles.
Why build out a complex battery swap system when you can just plug in at home (or business parking lot) at night with 120v? And maybe a some top up recharge during lunch?

Mike

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