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Modular battery pack design

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MountainDad

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Design the battery system for maintainability/upgradeability.

Battery modules (groups of cells) should be individually replaceable and the entire battery pack should be designed to minimize the effort necessary to replace it.

This would ensure these vehicles will remain viable into their 2nd and beyond lives, and be able to leverage inevitable improvements in battery tech over time.
 
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ID_ENG said:
I see where the OP is going with this and normally I'd be all for it. Bring back replacable phone batteries!!

But for a lot of what's been said already, the practicality starts to go out the door. I'd imagine the battery pack and compartment needs to be very precise to handle all the rough terrain these vehicles will handle. So making it more general may in fact start to have a safety risk involved.

I'd argue that the effort and research money should go into the actual recycling process than making it user swappable.
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Its not that hard - Jaguar did it, but there isn't a recycling model that works, and the I-Pace isn't old enough to need it.

However, they did have a recall that required some batteries to be replaced (these were Panasonic batteries I believe...don't quote me though), so that may have made a difference for the automaker.

User replaceable batteries aren't practical at the moment - they're way too heavy, and you can't get them at AutoZone.

There are several auto battery recycling startups - automakers like Toyota, GM, and Ford are investing in this tech as well as private venture capital. If Scout was to develop the standards and engineering practices for designing and servicing modular batteries, they could license that tech to many providers as an additional source of revenue, and recover some of that engineering cost.
 
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