Energy crunch hits charging networks

The latest news from the world of EVs

Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

In today’s edition… battery swapping is definitely on the way, the energy crisis hits EV drivers, and the makers of AK47s are developing an EV.

As ever, if you have any questions or thoughts, please do contact me at tomrileylondon@gmail.com.

In the last week…

BATTERY SWAPPING: A very interesting development happened in the last couple of days. Shell has signed a strategic partnership with the Chinese manufacturer NIO. As part of the plan, NIO and Shell plan to install 100 battery swapping stations in China by 2025 and start to construct and operate pilot stations in Europe from 2022. NIO cars will also get access to Shell chargepoints. As a reminder, previously NIO has said they are going to build 3,700 more battery swapping stations for their vehicles by 2025. These stations take 3 minutes to recharge EVs. These will not all be in China, 1,000 will be built around the world (including Europe). This is on the surface exci…