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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Cell swaps are not a great solution. You have the issue of then not owning your battery, which comes with the downside of getting one that was abused. Swapping a battery is tricky, because a lot of them are structural to the car(which has great weight saving and strength benefits) and also have cooling lines, and other connections, along with being kinda dangerous to work around. Might be handy for things like scooters(which Honda is now doing in India), I just don't see it making a lot of sense for cars.
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Is not owning the battery really a downside though? I mean, you do own a battery, just not the same one every time.
For this to work, a quality check would have to be done so nobody is ending up with a dud.
This could maybe be set up as a tiered system where people who don’t mind waiting in line can do that, and those in a rush can get a certified battery swap out.
It would be kind of like sodastream canisters.
With respect to the other points, that’s why they should standardize.