AltCar 2009: NuTech battery swap trailer is fresh, kind of crazy
NuTech shelling switch lodging help – Click above for high-res ikon gallery
The most engrossing automobile container construct creation we saw at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica this weekend was the semiautomatic shelling device and individual from NuTech Energy Solutions. Since the intent is a newborn digit from saint Capizzo and his playing relation Glenda Dubak, every they had to exhibit was a small-scale help prefabricated with an RC MINI and a homespun shelling switch trailer. Yes, there is a lodging involved.
The NuTech intent goes same this: swing a clump of automobile automobile batteries into a lodging allows businesses a low-cost, low-risk artefact to substance EV drivers shelling swaps. One could modify lease the lodging to wager if it makes significance to hit digit installed long-term. The exclusive stock necessary would be a 440V, three-phase activity and a 400 amp incase to wage the forcefulness necessary for hurried charging the batteries in the trailer. For EV drivers, effort on the ramp, stipendiary via assign bill from the driver-side pane and leaving would verify inferior than 60 seconds.
So, what are the problems? We itemize a some after the jump.
Gallery: AltCar 2009: NuTech Batter Swap Trailer Model
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