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I think there was a change in the video I originally watched on the CNBC site.  It looks like they took the battery swapping segment out.  I found the video and hope this link works.  Whether such a swapping scheme would work is far from certain, but given the stakes we face with CO2 emissions, it is worth keeping an open mind.  Here's the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl5UJQzP7NE  If it doesn't work, the search I did was CNBC EV battery swapping.  

   When watching the video the biggest thing to overcome would be exchanging a almost new battery and receiving a old battery who would want to do that. If you bought a electric vehicle but not the battery and the battery instead was owned by the manufacturer. Then the manufacturer would have a along time agreement to always provide a good working battery for the vehicle owner. But I am sure there are a lot of very intelligent engineers that will find a way if it is to work at all. 

Ok, the Ample video link makes more sense in the conversation. From the previous one I thought you were referring to the well known Nio program which is swapping batteries at much higher levels in China.

Ample quite obviously offered CNBC access to get this video in the media going on a year ago bc it was shopping for higher valuations and more funding. It accomplished that, a few months ago it secured series C funding and is probably close or at unicorn status now.

This is what these Si Valley startups do, you have to take this stuff with a grain (or 10) of salt.
I for one would not invest in these guys (if I had money which I don't). Their business model makes no sense to me in the US and there are competitors in China who are far far ahead of them. Nio recently launched in Norway where EV sales are already 2/3 of total auto sales, and have plans to offer battery swapping there. Well see what happens.

Don't you think that Ample would make much fanfare if they actually had a major automaker signed up as a partner? I couldn't find one. That is absolutely essential to their business model. You will not have a auto warranty if you have Ample modify your EVs systems without the OEMs blessing.

As all these reports indicate this solution is best targeted at fleet operators and urban apartment dwellers with small vehicles and no place to plug in. That is the vast majority of the middle class in developing countries like China and India. But not here, and not for the kind of thing you're looking for LA, which is long distance rural towing.

Batteries get cheaper, lighter, and faster to charge all the time. The more they advance the less need for a new technology to solve what are quickly becoming old problems.

Fast changing technology is certainly a valid concern when trying to develop a standardized system of devices.  Computers are a perfect example.  Every computer one buys is out dated before it leaves the store.  The catch is to try to develop designs that facilitate evolution in technology.  If we get on the merry-go-round of reinventing the wheel each time we explore new ideas, we'll never agree on a system that we can really utilize.  We had the same issue with electrification of the world; to go with AC or DC, to use 60 cycles, 50 cycles, 120 or 240 volts and so on.  And this issue was incredibly simple in comparison with the replacement of the ICE.

We have been using the world's resources for thousands of years with little concern for future generations. What we are seeing now is entirely predictable and expected.  As I have said many times before:  There is no such thing as a free lunch.