India is considering battery swapping for electric cars rather than charging stations as it seeks to spur adoption of cleaner transport in its notoriously polluted and crowded cities. “Considering the constraints for space in urban areas for setting up charging stations at scale, a battery-swapping policy will be brought out and interoperability standards will be formulated,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech Tuesday , without going into detail. The private sector will be encouraged to develop “sustainable and innovative business models for battery or energy as a service,” she said, improving the overall efficiency of the EV ecosystem. Swapping an expended battery out of an electric car and replacing it with a fresh one, as opposed to charging the existing battery back up again, isn’t a concept that’s gained widespread acceptance outside of China. It was tried by EV pioneer Elon Musk last decade but ultimately […]