The European Union just passed a new rule requiring smartphones to have removable batteries by 2027, in order to reduce electronic waste and make devices last longer.

With that exact same goal in mind, electric cars (EVs) should also have removable batteries.

WASTE & DURABILITY:

1) Lithium is a limited resource, and having removable batteries would prevent it from being wasted on EVs that aren’t sold [Tesla’s 50,000-Car Problem: Unsold EVs Are Piling Up],

2) Having removable batteries would allow to develop car and battery technology separately, and once we developed new batteries we could just replace the ones in circulation without having to replace the entire cars too.

SWAP-&-GO:

In addition, EVs having removable batteries would also allow for the implementation of a “Swap&Go” system (which is already being used by electric scooters).

1) A “Swap&Go” system would completely eliminate charging times (which is one of the main reasons why people avoid EVs right now), which would result in more EVs being sold.

2) It would reduce the infrastructure needed for EVs (one “GoStation” recharges all batteries instead of having individual pumps), and also eliminate the need to have a lot of parking spaces available where EVs can stay for hours while charging.

3) And if we use solar-panels to charge these GoStations, then we’d get unlimited free “fuel” forever, which would dramatically reduce fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions #NetZero

The Strait of Hormuz has the entire world in a chokehold right now. If you think Solar GoStations could help us avoid $4/gallon again in the future, please sign and share this petition.

SOURCES:
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Solar Self-Charging & Swap&Go “BattArray” Systems
RENEWABLE ENERGIES: Storage-Based Infrastructure And Distribution Economics