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Old 11-19-2018, 05:52 PM   #752 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
So, why can't we roll up to a charging center, have a robot swap batteries, and roll out, again?
Because that is still extremely slow.

Batteries are often stressed members of the chassis

You don't want someone's abused battery

Best designs use a liquid heating/cooling loop for the battery - loss of coolant each swap - bleed the system - slow
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