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Mobile charging robots in China convert any parking space into an EV charging point (carnewschina.com)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It needs legs.

[–] TheObviousSolution@thebrainbin.org 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

This, I want an R2D2 battery pack.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

R2 is an astromech for navigation. R2 should be the GPS for your car. The GNK droid was for mobile power delivery.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

And when computers get more powerful, you'll get a rounded one, not boxed like this.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Who charges the chargers?

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

It is chargers all the way down

[–] TheObviousSolution@thebrainbin.org 1 points 6 hours ago

You can already do that with portable battery generators. This is just the big boy version that gets you more than 10 km range with it.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Given that you need to plug it in manually, is there any benefit to it being automated. A battery on a trolley would do the same job.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The robot weighs 2t. So pushing it around is not going to be possible for a lot of people.

But also you can just install charging piles next to the parking spots or use fast charging.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It has a 100kWh battery in it. I'm sure some of that could be used to move it around.

Installing charging piles in every parking space is way more expensive. That's the point of this thing.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 7 hours ago

Looks like any two. If you like to park near the doors like most people this isn't for you. If you live where the lot is full this isn't for you. (The article says it is but the geometry doesn't work)

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are they diesel powered? :P

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think they are rolling battery packs that get charged at their home base:

The device—about 1.5 meters tall and equipped with a roughly 100‑kWh battery pack...

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah it even says CATL on the box :D (CATL being the worlds leading battery manufacturer)