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Multi-brand automaker Stellantis has partnered with San Francisco's Ample to bring battery-swapping to its electric vehicles, starting with a fleet of ride-sharing Fiat 500e cars in Spain.Instead of pulling into a charging station, plugging in and then waiting a while for an electric car's battery pack to charge up before continuing a journey, electric vehicles rolling with a special battery pack can be driven into a service hub where an automated system removes the low-charge unit and replaces it with a fresh one.It's by…

Stellantis is getting into the battery swap game, announcing a partnership with US-based swap specialist Ample. Using Ample’s existing technology, Stellantis intends to deliver EVs with battery packs that can be swapped in five minutes, beginning with its 500e. As a global automotive conglomerate responsible for noteworthy brands like Jeep, Ram, and Fiat, you’ve probably heard of Stellantis or, at the very least, its precursor, FCA. Ample, on the other hand, might come as a new name to you,…

Fiat Stellantis is partnering with California-based startup Ample on EV battery swapping, potentially allowing EVs to swap depleted battery packs for fully charged ones in just a few minutes. On Thursday, the two companies announced a binding agreement to integrate Ample’s battery-swapping tech into Stellantis EVs. That will start with a fleet of 100 Fiat 500e hatchbacks that will be deployed by Stellantis’ Free2Move car-sharing service in Madrid in 2024. Ample currently has four battery-swapping stations in the…

Back in May, Ample revealed that it had managed to get its swap station to change out an electric vehicle's battery in five minutes. Now the company has partnered with Mitsubishi Fuso to bring its battery swapping technology to electric trucking.Ample's technology sees electric vehicle fitted with modular battery packs that are compatible with its battery swap station. Rather than sit plugged in at a public charging station for hours, a driver rolls the car onto a platform and the depleted modules are automatically…

Battery swap startup Ample looks to accelerate the electrification of last-mile delivery vehicles – particularly those from Mitsubishi Fuso. The two companies announced a new global partnership this morning in which Ample will implement its EV battery swap technology on Mitsubishi Fuso trucks to sell to fleets around the world. Ample is a California-based startup that continues to chip away at its ambitious goal of helping put 1 billion electric vehicles on roads around the world. The startup’s particular…

As electric vehicle adoption ramps up, drivers may start to find queues adding to their top-up times at charging stations. One alternative solution with potential is to swap out the run-down battery pack for a fresh one, and Ample has just revealed that it's managed to do so in just five minutes.Ample launched its first-generation battery swap station back in 2021, after developing the solution in stealth mode for seven years. Electric vehicles fitted with "Lego-like" battery modules could roll onto the platform and have…

Kylie Jenner Is ‘Comin’ In HAWT’ As She Poses Sensuously In A Black Latex Crop-Top ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Kylie Jenner and fashion – a perfect combo! Everyone has their own style statement, but when it comes to Kylie, she knows what goes best for her, and that’s revealing her skin and wearing hot & s*xy outfits. Paris Fashion Week is going on, and celebs are gracing the show by putting their best fashion foot forward, there Kylie stole all the limelight by wearing just the bare minimum. How? Well, scroll…

When Cara Delevingne Proudly Showed Off Her Cl*avage Dressed In Nothing But A S*xy Black Lingerie Set & Fishnet Stockings ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Cara Delevingne is a beauty unlike many and one of the most sought-after models across the globe. The English babe – who was Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014, is proud of her assets and never fails to flaunt them be it on red carpets, at premieres or during photo shoots. Well, today we are taking you back in time – to October 2020…

TOKYO—Japan imports nearly all of its natural gas and, despite the worst energy crisis in many years, it isn’t facing shortages or out-of-control prices. Its secret is a reliance on long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas, a strategy that had been in decline until recently but now is rebounding in popularity. The world’s largest buyer of LNG is enjoying a moment of validation—at least for now. “Even facing soaring LNG prices, we are able to pretty much maintain stability,” said Takeshi Soda, director of the…

Image via Quiver Distribution There is something undeniably romantic about film noir that that makes Neil Labute’s Out Of The Blue one of his most alluring cinematic concoctions to date. Fatally flawed anti-heroes, lascivious femme fatales, and a grotesque gallery of villainous hoods await those willing to embrace this genre. The film has plenty in the way of sexually charged encounters, forbidden affairs, and more adulterous shenanigans than audiences can handle. Those are the ground rules, those are the…