Tesla claims that the hot swap facilities will be co-located with the “Supercharger” fast charging stations. The goal is to have 50 batteries charged and ready to go at each station.
The Supercharger charge (50% charge in 20 minutes) will be free, the battery swap will cost about as much as a tank of gas.
And they are using solar power to operate this system?
I don’t see how that can possibly work.
Eventually, they will have to use grid power to do the charges, and that means the “free” part is gone forever.
It’s a great selling point now, but it won’t last.
The 50 kWh in 20 minutes means they will need 150kW divided by 10W or 15,000 square feet of solar panels for each car. Of course the stations will have solar panels strictly for show along with a 33,000 volt transmission line from the nearest substation. Solar is a sad joke but it fools a lot of people.