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« Ford understood that mass production would mean the end of cars as a luxury item. 10 years on, motor cars had become accessible to most working people in the US » Julia Poliscanova. But today, mass producing ever larger batteries is self defeating: it leads to the gentrification of new cars and reversing the accessibility to most working people, not to mention the large carbon footprint of large batteries stranded into cars and mostly useless. The next Ford moment is to share these...

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« Zero-emissions vehicles must be affordable and convenient for everyone » (Eric-Mark Huitema, CEO European Automobile Manufacturers’​ Association (ACEA) )Yes: obviously the condition to decarbonize transports! (and keep automotive industry striving)How do you do that: subsidizing large batteries in every car??There is a better option: shared batteries by renting on demand a smart powerbank trailer.Convenient and affordable EVs, profitable, convenient and tax neutral.Let’s go for it ! ...

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Nature’s editorial: « Batteries are crucial for Earth’s low-carbon future. It’s in everyone’s interests to make sure they are clean, safe and sustainable. »I’m adding: it’s also key to use them wisely, with the highest utilisation rate, rather than having very large batteries stranded into large (and heavy) EVs!An EV is used 5% of the time and long distance trips is 10% of that. The long range part of an EV’s battery is thus used 0.5% (!) of the time…EP Tender’s shared...

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Here is an interesting piece of research from Castrol to identify the critical EV Challenges and conditions to be met in conjunction for mass EV adoption:1) price : <30 k€2) net charge time: <31 minutes3) effective range: > 469 kmLet’s translate this in battery terms. Assuming 20 kWh/100km average consumption on motorways, 10% to 80% charging, 160 Wh/kg (at pack level) and 130 €/kwh (at pack level):a) battery capacity (net) = 469/100*20/70% = 134 kWh (!)b) net average charging power...

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Skeuomorphism ? A very good paper on the pitfalls (and benefits) of trying to replicate the previous paradigms with new technology.Battery swapping is a reinvention of filling a tank: much better than swapping a tank or "fast" filling a battery ;-)Manual handling of battery swap for scooters is just great.For EVs the jury is out between Nio/Tesla/Better Place, Ample and EP Tender versions ! Let's compare technicalities, costing, business model, scalability, ramp-up and client value according to the criterions set...

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VINCI Autoroutes innove à nouveau dans le domaine de la mobilité électrique, en expérimentant sur son réseau et dans un de ses districts, le tout premier fourgon électrique équipé d’une remorque de recharge électrique autonome.Cette innovation résulte d’un partenariat entre VINCI Autoroutes, Renault PVI et EP-Tender, start-up ayant bénéficié du programme d’accompagnement lancé en 2019 par Léonard, la plate-forme de prospective et d’innovation du groupe VINCI. Ce prototype et de sa recharge autonome vont ainsi être testés dans le cadre...

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EP Tender breaks another record: 500 km with a Renault Master ZE in 6h42' !We made the test on 21 November on Vinci Autoroutes A10, with our two smart trailer battery powerbank demontrators: driving with one while charging the other. 2' pit stops for swapping.Driving long distances without having to wait for recharging becomes possible with any EV, including utility vehicles ! On September 24, we also drove 1000km with a used 2013 Zoe in 9h41'.EP Tender makes Electric Vehicles...

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1000 km with a used 2013 Renault Zoe ?The EP Tender team took up the challenge on September 24 on the A16 motorway in France with a 7.5 years old 40kWh Zoe (146 000 km, upgraded from 22kWh).It took us 9h41 minutes to achieve 1000km including charging stops...

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