Battery swapping just got a major turbo boost!

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Battery swapping is all the rage over in China and other parts of Southeast Asia - mostly for the hundreds of millions of electric scooters in that part of the world, but increasingly also now for electrically powered cars and trucks. Now the world's largest battery maker has waded in with a game changing initiative. And the Chinese behemoths are targeting Europe and the US too. Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Reference links : Gogoro https://www.gogoro.com/gogoro-network/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/29/how-did-gogoro-go-from-stealth-startup-to-global-battery-swapping-leader-in-just-over-a-decade/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gogoro-earns-frost--sullivans-2024-global-company-of-the-year-award-for-pioneering-sustainable-urban-mobility-with-groundbreaking-battery-swapping-platform-and-ecosystem-302333476.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com NIO https://www.nio.com/blog/brief-history-battery-swapping https://gearmusk.com/2024/09/06/nio-revamps-battery-swap-pricing/?utm_source=chatgpt.com CATL https://www.catl.com/en/news/6342.html https://apnews.com/article/catl-nio-ev-battery-swapping-7f5ec2348621db66532d9284194fe664 https://carnewschina.com/2024/12/23/catls-choco-seb-battery-swap-stations-will-take-100-seconds-to-swap-a-battery-daily-capacity-822-cars/ https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-01-01/China-s-CATL-launches-new-standard-swappable-batteries-1zO7MElyaBy/p.html https://carnewschina.com/2024/12/18/catl-unveiled-25-kwh-chocolate-battery-block-aims-to-have-30000-battery-swap-stations/ Tycorun - USA https://www.tycorun.com/blogs/news/catl-the-road-to-development-in-north-america Why Grids will cope with EVs https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2020/08/01/evs-are-not-a-problem-for-the-electric-grid-they-are-the-solution/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ National Grid Capacity Explainer https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero-stories/can-grid-cope-extra-demand-electric-cars