Mobility

California startup offers full EV battery in 10 minutes

Robot arms change an EV’s battery inside an Ample battery-swapping station in San Francisco. The company opened five centers around the Bay Area in March. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Ira Boudway
June 26, 2021 04:00 AM

On a Wednesday afternoon in May, an Uber driver in San Francisco was about to run out of charge on his Nissan Leaf. Normally this would mean finding a place to plug in and wait for a half hour, at least. But this Leaf was different.

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