Battery exchanging method for electric vehicle

DRIVE December 5, 2012
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Battery exchange method for electric vehicle (200). The battery exchange method includes (a) opening a protection cover (213) of a battery mounting module (210) installed at an upper portion of the electric vehicle (200), and transmitting an open signal to a battery charge station; (b) releasing a locking unit of a pre-mounted battery, and transmitting an unlocking signal to the battery charge station; (c) determining and storing a mounting location of the battery using an image sensor; (d) controlling movements and operations of a battery replacing robot (30) when the unlocking signal is confirmed, and ejecting the pre-mounted battery from a battery seating base (211) of the battery mounting module (210); (e) controlling movements and operations of the battery replacing robot (30) to move a prepared fully charged battery into the battery mounting module, and mounting the fully charged battery on the battery seating base in the battery charge station.

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