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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ample, the EV battery swapping startup based in California, recently introduced its second-generation battery swap station and we were invited to the event to check it out. The company has twelve of ...

Ample launches battery swapping stations in Madrid, which automatically switch out an EV's battery pack in a few minutes. The technology itself is slowly gaining momentum outside of China, where ...

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 ...

Stellantis N.V. STLA has signed a binding agreement with Ample to integrate Ample’s Modular Battery Swapping technology in Stellantis’ electric vehicles (“EVs”). With this technology, EV users can ...

A recent announcement from battery swap startup Ample, has revealed a partnership with Sally to help transition ride-share, taxi, and last-mile delivery drivers toward EVs using Ample’s battery swap ...