Will the battery swapping technology be part of drone future

Battery swapping technology is more familiar in the EV industry rather than in the drone, back in 2012, even Tesla had tried it in 2013. However, the barriers are overwhelmed such as the relatively slow-growing demands compared with the gas cars and multifarious nonstandard batteries.

Here is a video of a newly released power swap station :

It looks like a mature technology, but I’m still concern about its future in the vehicle application aspect.

Many other fields may be a more suitable stage for the battery swapping technology, such as drone and package swapping. Package delivery is such a strong major position that has little chance to be shaken, the delivery of medical packages is rising especially in the long-term VOVID-19 resistance, this is a field that even the simplest swapping module can achieve.

The spreading speed of drones is witnessed by everyone, now the new trend in this industry is automation, and the strong enemy stands between drone and automation is the power issue. A drone usually flies about 20 minutes but takes may be over 40 minutes to recharge, there are two popular solutions to skip the manual battery replacement process, one is the drone self-charging station, the other is the battery swapping system.

A drone charging station may be too huge for a small commercial drone user, but a battery swapping module is portable and economic. This is a video of a swapping module that is flexible for developers.

The whole working process is similar to the last video, just easier and rougher.

I would guess that battery swapping technology will not be rushed away quickly by time, it would leave its mark especially in the drone field.

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