What is EV battery swapping | What is Batteries-as-a-service (BaaS)

The popularity of EV vehicles are growing very fast.People are looking for the alternatives of the fuel based vehicles because of the rise in the pollution level and high fuel price.One such alternative is EV vehicles. As EV based vehicles are easy to run and having low maintenance but due to limitation of range per charge it is still a challenge for daily commuting user. Now governments are trying to introduce the policy of EV battery swapping platform.The EV battery swapping platform will reduce the price of EV vehicles as well as the dependability on the EV vehicles.

Table Of Contents

1. 1. What is EV battery Swapping ?
2. 2. How EV battery swapping Works?
3. 3. What are companies offering EV battery Swapping ?
   • 3.1 Gogoro
   • 3.2 Major EV Battery Swapping providers in India ?
4. 4. What are the EV Battery Swapping Policy in India ?
5. 5. Problems in EV Battery swapping ?
6. 6. What are the Pros and Cons of EV Battery Swapping ?
   • Pros
   • Cons
7. 7. Conclusion

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1. What is EV battery Swapping ?

Battery swapping is the replacement of depleting battery with the fully charged battery one.The facility will be available at a designated place.By swapping the drained battery with the freshly charged one drive will be relieved from the range anxiety.

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2. How EV battery swapping Works?

In this the owner has to purchase the Electric Vehicle without battery.This will reduce the initial cost of the vehicle.After that the owner has to use the Battery as a service or Baas from the EV BaaS provider who owns the battery and keep it charged at the Battery chaging station,the owner or driver of the vehicle has to take his/her scooter or 3 Wheeler to the swapping or charging station are replace the drained battery with the freshly charged one.This process takes 2-3 minutes while with the battery charging it takes 4-5 hours.

3. What are companies offering EV battery Swapping ?

Although there are many EV and battery makers offering for the EV swapping solutions.Here are the list of some Indian and foreign companies which are operating EV battery swapping.

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3.2 Major EV Battery Swapping providers in India ?

• Bounce Electric
• Tata Power DDL, ( joint venture of Tata Power and the Delhi government)
• Lithion Power
• Gogoro has partnered up with Hero MotoCorp
• Honda Motor

4. What are the EV Battery Swapping Policy in India ?

Niti Aayog which is a Indian govt body is formulating a policy for regulation of EV battery swapping.The policy will come in 3-4 months.As per the policy makers EV Battery Swapping will give Electric vehicles makers a choice not to buy Battery there by reducing the upfront cost of the EV vehicles.At present government is encouraging the battery Swapping for 2 and 3 wheeler but later on they will extend it for 4 wheel Electric vehicles also.

5. Problems in EV Battery swapping ?

• supply chain constraints.
• Unlimited mining for the battery making material.
• Challenge in Standardization of Battery pack

6. What are the Pros and Cons of EV Battery Swapping ?

Pros

• Saving in initial cost of purchasing of vehicle.
• No need to purchase the Battery
• Battery swapping time is 2-3 minutes
• Driver get the Range as required no range anxiety

Cons

• Ownership of battery
• Standardization of Battery across the Battery swapping platform is a challenge.
• More battery in circulation then number of vehicles.

7. Conclusion

The EV market in India is expanding very fast.With the support of government it will provide boost to the economy.Government is looking for the decrease in the pollution level by replacing the fuel based vehicles with the EV vehicles.Cost of the EV vehicles in India will be a challenge.With the introduction of the EV battery swapping as a business SaaS the initial cost of the EV vehicle will come down and will be affordable to the public..It will be more convenient and user friendly for the driver to run extra mile without having anxiety of Range.Standardization of the Battery will be a major challenge for making it Platform independent.