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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.
BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.
Nio does battery swap stations. Never tried them myself, but they don’t seem to be very successful, at least not yet. My main problem is that you don’t own the battery and have to permanently rent it (which makes sense, since you swap it constantly). The costs long term don’t make it very attractive, especially since it solves a problem most people face like once a year, when going on vacation.
well, someone else mentioned problems with it on an engineering level that would be an issue.
but my main thought was that the car would have to be designed in a way where the car would still have its normal batteries, but could slot in additional batteries, and you would handle it just like swapping out propane tanks at a gas station