Battery exchange station

A battery exchange station comprises a plurality of substations, one of whcih is a battery swap substation (604) configured to carry out a battery exchange process; and a vehicle translation system (610) associated with said plurality of substations and configured and operable to convey said vehicle from one of the substations to another one of said plurality of substations. The vehicle translation system includes a plurality of separate conveyors, each of the substations being associated with at least one of the conveyors (606) for conveying a vehicle to and through said substation. Each conveyor comprises a vehicle translation element (616) configured to make contact with a wheel of the vehicle and push the vehicle forward.