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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Standardized, swappable battery packs. Lots of options.
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Yup, the idea would be that you don't really own the battery packs, but instead just pay for one charge worth of electricity, and one charge worth of the batteries life. You would drive to a service station, who would have the standardized battery packs sitting on a shelf fully charged, and you would drive in, and they would switch batteries. It would take five minutes, obviously not "self serve."
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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
and until batteries become lighter, more powerful and faster charging they will be nothing more then commuters or hybrid types.
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Batteries that can last for 5 hours of driving and take only 45 minutes to charge, is good enough for 95% of people for all the driving they ever do. The rest would only have to adapt slightly. When I'm on the highway driving, I usually stop at least that often, and quite often it ends up being that long. Sure, there might be a lack of charging stations right now, but that will change as electric cars get more and more common.