Battery Swapping for Sustainable Transportation

Authors

Xiao Lin (Author); Xue Wang (Author); Bin Wu (Author); Yingying Wang (Author); Shuoyuan Zhang (Author)

ISBN: 9783527354863

Published: 12 August 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Description

Battery Swapping for Sustainable Transportation is the first book of its kind to introduce battery swapping technology as a complete field, examined from market, economic, and global energy transition perspectives. Written by analysts at Botree Recycling Technologies, the volume traces how swapping stations are reshaping EV ownership for two- and three-wheelers, passenger cars, commercial fleets, electric ships, and even eVTOL aircraft, moving the conversation beyond plug-in charging alone.

Key Features

Maps the global market size and regional policy landscape for battery swapping, with concrete coverage of: (1) two- and three-wheeler swapping networks already operating at scale across Asia; (2) passenger EV swapping business models, including standardized battery formats; and (3) commercial vehicle, electric ship, and aviation swapping pilots. Reviews technology advances, safety standardization, and operations management, and closes with policy recommendations tied to infrastructure cost and demand forecasts.

Coverage

Battery swapping's role in the global energy transition; market overview and regional policy; technology advances and standardization, including security and operations management; business models and cases across two/three-wheelers, passenger EVs, commercial vehicles, and electric ships/aviation; the upstream-midstream-downstream ecosystem of key players; infrastructure, cost, and safety challenges; and future policy outlook.

About the Authors

Xiao Lin is Founder and CEO of Botree Recycling Technologies, where he works on battery metal separation and recycling; his company accounts for a significant share of China's lithium-ion battery recycling capacity, and he holds 40+ papers and 30+ patents, sitting on a national technical committee and a global battery passport steering committee. Xue Wang, PhD (materials engineering, KU Leuven), is Principal Analyst at Botree and coordinates the IEA HEV TCP Task 48 on battery swapping; she organized four international workshops on swapping across vehicle segments. Bin Wu is Director of Sustainability Consulting at Botree, holding a master's in materials science from KU Leuven, and has contributed to international carbon footprint rules for EU battery regulation and UN automotive life cycle standards across 50+ consulting projects.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Background, Industry Overview, and Scope
   2. Battery Swapping's Role in the Global Energy Transition
   3. Market Overview: Global Market Size and Regional Policy
   4. Technology Advances and Standardization
   5. Electric Two- and Three-Wheeler Business Models and Cases
   6. Passenger EV Business Models and Cases
   7. Commercial Vehicle Business Models and Cases
   8. Electric Ship and Aviation Business Models and Cases
   9. Key Players Across the Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream Ecosystem
   10. Challenges and Opportunities: Infrastructure, Cost, Safety, and Demand Forecasts
   11. Policy Recommendations and Future Outlook

📖 Want to go deeper?

Read our blog post on this title: NIO's 9,000th Swap Station: What Battery Swapping's Scale-Up Means for Fleets and Policy, a look at how battery swapping is moving from pilot projects to large-scale deployment, and why Battery Swapping for Sustainable Transportation is a useful reference for energy and transport professionals.

Why buy this book?

It is the first systematic reference devoted entirely to battery swapping, written by sustainability and recycling specialists who sit on the actual industry standards bodies shaping the technology. For acquisitions teams building out an energy and transportation collection, it fills a gap that general EV titles leave open: a single volume spanning two-wheelers to electric ships, backed by global market data and policy analysis rather than vendor marketing material.

Keywords

battery swapping, electric vehicles, EV charging infrastructure, battery technology, sustainable transportation, energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, EV business models, swapping stations, energy transition

Target Audience

Battery and energy storage engineers, industry practitioners, policymakers and regulators, academic and research libraries, automotive and transportation professionals

Genre

Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Energy Policy

Q&A

What is battery swapping and how does it differ from plug-in EV charging?
Battery swapping exchanges a depleted battery pack for a fully charged one at a dedicated station in minutes, rather than waiting for the vehicle's own battery to recharge, and this book details the standardization and infrastructure needed to run that model at scale.

Which vehicle segments is battery swapping being deployed in today?
The book covers real deployments across two- and three-wheelers, passenger EVs, commercial fleets, electric ships, and emerging aviation (eVTOL) applications.

What policy and infrastructure challenges does battery swapping face?
Chapter 10 reviews infrastructure cost, safety standardization, and demand forecasting as the main barriers to wider adoption, with chapter 11 offering policy recommendations.

Who are the key players in the battery swapping ecosystem?
Chapter 9 maps participants across the upstream (battery and materials suppliers), midstream (swapping station operators), and downstream (fleet operators and consumers) of the value chain.

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