I don't see how this is any faster. If 4 people show up and it can only do one at a time, it took just about 5 minutes which mean the last guy had to wait 20 minutes before it's his turn and then 5 more minutes for his battery. A supercharger would be able to charge a car in that time. Plus i feel like this station will have issues way more than a supercharger would. One sensor going wrong and that stionion is down and everyone there is out of luck and if you showed up like you did with 1% battery you'll need a tow. If a 30 stall super charger has a charger go offline then you still have 29 stalls still working and maybe even a cabinet goes bad and you lose 5 stalls. Still have 25 stalls working. It's a cool concept but I just don't see a need for it when the superchargers are pretty much bulletproof and they can be installed in existing parking lots very easily and dont need new areas built.
Your concerns are very typical for ppl never experienced this. First of all, each swap takes LESS THAN 5 minutes. Let's round it up to 5 minutes, it's exact time you expect to wait for each order. Whenever I go to the station, I can see how many orders in line and how many potential orders, and we already have more than 150 stations in just one city. This means I can plan accordingly and pick up the best station. In the worst scenario, I can switch to another station if wait time is longer than expected. For supercharger, it's more like a sterotype. Ideally it takes about 30 minutes to fully charge a vehicle, but you gonna have current shared when more than one vehicle present. Also, not every place is capable offering maximum input power as always. In my experience, the longest wait time was 20 minutes in a rainy wet peak time. However, there are always chargers nearby, and if anything wrong happens, I can simply charge my car for a few minutes and drive to another station. I've done battery swap for 43 times, and I only experienced one tight bolt issue, it took 40 minutes to solve, still faster than charging from 0 to 93%!
One more thing to add. I can always cut in line if I DO NOT need a fully charged battery. Say, 3 orders are ahead of me, and I'm short in time. I can simply accept a 70% charged battery, and jump over if ppl waiting for fully charged battery agrees with it. The network is an important thing different from "traditional" EVs. They are smart!
Nice video mate, but could you please buy a wide-angle external camera and fix it before recording? That would improve a quality of your footage significantly. It worth investing a bit if you going to do it more often. BTW I bet that there are many who want to see more footage of NOP+ . Thanks
I feel like this is the real reason Elon fired the whole supercharger team...they were going in the wrong direction and he knew it...this is the way. Sub 5 min is fine.
Charging Stations are fine for most BEV drivers. They understand the time it takes. Sub 5 minutes for BSS is with no queue wait times. Imagine 10+ cars waiting at a swap station. BSS and Charging Stations will compliment each other very nicely.
