Power swapping: embedding the battery swapping model in the Swedish context

Battery swapping (BS) is a charging model that decouples battery charging from vehicle use.

Compared to fast charging, the advantages of the BS model include: extending battery durability, less use of electricity, increasing energy system security and sufficiency for renewable energy use, easing battery collection and quality control of used batteries for re-use and recycling.

Several electric vehicle OEMs and the world’s largest battery producer have launched new products adapted to the model. The model has been widely adopted in China, recently launched in Norway and soon in other European countries.

Still, little is known about how BS can be effectively embedded into related systems, how it can benefit emergent systems for battery re-use and recycling, and how it fits in the Swedish context.

The aim of this study is to delve into these issues by drawing on the resource interaction approach and by conducting case studies in China and Norway to be compared with the Swedish context.