The future of EVs? This is the world’s first range-expanding hybrid car with interchangeable batteries and it could catch on
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News has emerged from China that Geely is ready to release the world’s first range of Hybrid vehicle that is also compatible with the growing network of battery waping stations in the country.
The haoyue r7, bathed Car news China Says that it is essentially a reclooked version of the Geely Livan 7 All-Electric Flagship SUV, which was one of the first Geely models to support the battery wap.
The process of driving in a special facility and having a robot that has autonomously replaced the entire battery pack, was pushed by Catl, the largest EV battery maker in China, and the Nio of electric vehicles, which even started introducing facilities into parts of Europe.
It has been reported that the upcoming Haoyue R7 will be compatible with Catl’s Battery Swap technology, so that owners can use SAP from home, use the much faster public charging network or benefit from battery swapping stations.
What is more, the 1.5-liter, naturally aspired gasoline engine can act as a generator to charge the battery packages on board for longer journeys.
No official range figures have yet been released, but even the smallest battery pack on the Livan 7 can manage almost 280 miles on a single charge, so if you take the Range extender into account, this can easily manage double.
Although it is a niche power line on the Chinese market, it offers customers an unparalleled choice of how they make ends meet, open the idea of electric vehicles for more and tries to prove that a series of fear should no longer be a problem.
Analysis: the more methods, the happier
According to a recent report of the BBCNIO has now built more than 3,300 battery exchange stations in China, whereby the company wants to expand throughout the country in the coming years.
Currently, a number of taxis, buses and heavy trucks use battery swap technology in China, because these vehicles tend to have more predictable movement patterns that make the entire process a lot easier to manage.
But due to the progress in software, it also becomes much easier for electric vehicles to manage entire EV fleets, with the possibility to work out which vehicle needs its batteries and what the most effective way to do this is.
Tesla, for example, was a pioneer with a “connected” Supercharger network that helps drivers to the most accessible and fastest charger in the neighborhood, the battery in advance for the most efficient top-ups.
Battery exchange stations are not just a fast method to make drivers move again (the process takes approximately five minutes), it can also drastically lower the initial costs of a new vehicle.
Geely says that the Haoyue R7 will be offered without the battery pack, which gives customers the opportunity to pay a small monthly fee to rent the batteries and to take advantage of the CATL battery wap network.
This has proved extremely popular with the Taiwanese company Gogoro’s Battery Swap Network, which uses much smaller packages to feed scooters of two wheels, mopeds and motorcycles in a smaller capacity in a number of global markets.
Not only are the costs of the motorcycle in question much less expensive to buy downright – even when they are combined with the products of partner Yamaha – it is also more convenient, with users who can go to a station, can exchange batteries by hand (there is no need for robots, because the packages are so small) and are on their way.
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