Affordable EVs making it possible for many more people to make the switch away from petrol and diesel

[Felixbf1980]

So my concerns align with yours.

My concerns are around two parts:
1. The battery will wear out- they all do. And getting that replaced is going to be an expensive hassle. I have no experience but I can be sure that many people will experience the same thing they experience with iPhones that have worn out batteries. You try and take a photo and the phone reboots and when it comes back online it says "battery led to unexpected restart". So there you go in your DongFeng box, try and overtake the hoenderhok taxi and your car stalls because the battery dropped.

2. The reliability of the SiC MOSFETS (assuming they've used the technology) in the inverter. What they do in these cars is have all of that stuff immersed in the transmission fluid to cool it. Some designs use water cooling, but, as we know from Volkswagen's experience, the reliability is not great especially in our hot summer climate.

Are you aware that the car batteries are not a singular battery buddy.? It a big casing with individual batteries inside. They can remotely see which one dies and replace each one when you service the car.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Are you aware that the car batteries are not a singular battery buddy.? It a big casing with individual batteries inside. They can remotely see which one dies and replace each one when you service the car.

Very aware. Also my experience with battery packs tells me that replacing just the individual cell is a fool's errand. They all will need replacing at some point.

 

[XPD]

Very aware. Also my experience with battery packs tells me that replacing just the individual cell is a fool's errand. They all will need replacing at some point.

The battery and charging risk may be a non issue in the future. Apart from the ability to change single cells in a battery unit, most OEM’s are working on mass deployment quick battery pack swap outs (less than 2 minutes). By the time that comes there won’t even be human intervention to do it.

With self driving cars you would get home and park your car. In the middle of the night the car will then drive itself to a battery swap station, do the swap and return home. You wake up in the AM fully charged.

 

[Zellephant]

The battery and charging risk may be a non issue in the future. Apart from the ability to change single cells in a battery unit, most OEM’s are working on mass deployment quick battery pack swap outs (less than 2 minutes). By the time that comes there won’t even be human intervention to do it.

With self driving cars you would get home and park your car. In the middle of the night the car will then drive itself to a battery swap station, do the swap and return home. You wake up in the AM fully charged.

You live in a fantasy world if you think you this is going to be a mainstream practical solution in our lifetime. Maybe in some major cities it might work, but most of the world is still a hell of a long way off this sort of thing being practical in any meaningful way.