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This will solve a problem that doesnt exist.

Over engineered machines and processes which are to expensive & not convenient.

Nio is bringing battery swap stations to Europe, but there’s no round of applause

Price of batteries will fall & EV range will further increase by 2022.

PR stunt, what for?

Snowtime (@FridayLukas)May 6, 2021

Batt swap is really dumb.

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

Cant scale, super charging makes them redundant .

It should not be NIOs focus.

Perhaps thats whyprevious attemptsat battery swap stations have failed.

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Do self-driving cars get you all charged up?

Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou

Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

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