One of the biggest hurdles turning people off from buying electric cars is the time it takes to fill up.
Pull up to a fast-charging station with a low charge and it’ll be 20-60 minutes until you’re back on the road with a nearly full battery. Plug in at home on a lower-voltage connection and you’re looking at a charging time of multiple hours.
Electric-vehicle startup Fisker has an ingenious solution to ease that pain. Rather than depleting and recharging the same battery over and over, why not swap out a dead pack for a fresh one and be on your way in minutes?
Fisker is partnering up with Ample, a battery-swapping startup, to offer just that to buyers of its Ocean SUV starting in 2024. The company says battery swapping will offer the same fill-up times as gasoline at a lower cost per mile.
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