Utilities in California and nationwide are fighting rooftop solar, the major threat to their effective monopoly on the electricity market, said the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA)…
Indeed universal standards can’t be expected to exist or relied on and my comment doesn’t assume that.
What I would envision is a company that needs to deploy a battery swapping infrastructure for a car like this one (which I hear is common in Spain). People and businesses with extra solar power could have a 3rd-party drop off a vending machine which could be brand-specific.
Or it could be scooter batteries. I heard about battery swapping station for scooters in the UK. I don’t recall the brand though.
(update) It’s worth noting that a sustainable user-repairable battery is being planned, called the “Infinite Battery”:
Indeed universal standards can’t be expected to exist or relied on and my comment doesn’t assume that.
What I would envision is a company that needs to deploy a battery swapping infrastructure for a car like this one (which I hear is common in Spain). People and businesses with extra solar power could have a 3rd-party drop off a vending machine which could be brand-specific.
Or it could be scooter batteries. I heard about battery swapping station for scooters in the UK. I don’t recall the brand though.
(update) It’s worth noting that a sustainable user-repairable battery is being planned, called the “Infinite Battery”:
https://www.ifixit.com/News/101675/bike-manufacturers-are-making-bikes-less-repairable