What is Battery swapping?
'''Battery swapping''' is an electric vehicle technology that enables the rapid exchange of a depleted battery with a fully charged one. This method provides a swift alternative to traditional charging, commonly applied in electric forklifts. It offers an efficient solution for maintaining electric vehicle functionality without prolonged charging delays.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shu|first=Catherine|date=2021-10-11|title=Gogoro launches battery swapping stations in China|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/10/gogoro-launches-battery-swapping-stations-in-china/|access-date=2024-01-26|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-16|title=Industrial electrical vehicle stalwarts head out on the road - at Simplenewz your social news reader|url=http://us.simplenewz.com/industrial-electrical-vehicle-stalwarts-head-out-on-the-road--2009-03-08--ars-technica--30.672.7|access-date=2024-01-26|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716072151/http://us.simplenewz.com/industrial-electrical-vehicle-stalwarts-head-out-on-the-road--2009-03-08--ars-technica--30.672.7|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Swappable batteries for electric vans and lorries make sense|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/24/swappable-batteries-for-electric-vans-and-lorries-make-sense|access-date=2024-01-26|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> == History == As far back as 1896, people were talking about a service where you could swap out a used-up battery for a fully charged one. The Hartford Electric Light Company actually started offering this service between 1910 and 1924. They did this through the GeVeCo battery service, mainly for electric trucks. If you owned a vehicle, you'd buy it without a battery and then get one separately from the General Vehicle Company (GeVeCo), which was partly owned by General Electric.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GeVeCo|url=https://lostannalsoftransport.wordpress.com/tag/geveco/|access-date=2024-01-26|website=The Lost