The Nio story shows that swappable battery packs are not only feasible: they can be a fantastic solution to increase EV adoption. Customers would not have to worry about charging times or battery pack ...

When I learned that CATL had given up on its Choco-SEBs, it was clear that Ample was all alone in the battery module swapping business. The Chinese giant lost a massive opportunity to set a world ...

Battery swap startup Ample publicly unveiled its second-generation station design in San Francisco today. This next chapter in US battery swaps is the culmination of thousands of previous swaps ...

Until a few years ago, it was not hard for startups to find strong financial backers. That explains why many entrepreneurs tried their luck in the automotive industry. Rivian and Lucid are the most ...

We recently took a look at the California-based electric vehicle battery swap startup, Ample. Picking up where Better Place left off, Ample is attempting to remove the cost of buying a battery with ...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ample, a leading provider of battery swapping technology for electric vehicles, today announced a $25 million investment from Mitsubishi Corporation.

Battery swapping has long been one of those holy grail solutions for addressing the problem of range anxiety in electric vehicles. It’s been tried a number of times over the past 15 years and while ...

EV battery swap specialist Ample has announced it is bringing the first-ever modular swap stations to Japan with the help of partner ENEOS. The first Japanese swap stations will be erected in Kyoto ...

Battery swap has failed before, but new venture might make it work for fleets like Uber and delivery vans with “battery as a service.” Swap offers solutions for mid-day charging, battery decline, the ...

A little over 13 years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the company he ...

San Francisco-based Ample has raised a $160 million Series C to scale its battery swapping service, the largest round yet for the 8-year-old startup that wants to completely rethink how we use ...