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...until battery-swap technology was invented.

• masklinn 11y ago
  That's not really a mass-market option, you'd need to stock large amounts of batteries for a fuckton of different models (each car or at least segment or manufacturer having their own battery geometry), or all cars would need to use modular batteries which loses structural advantages and reduces storage capacity. Battery-swap is more of a stunt than anything useful. All vehicles can load up at a pump, you can't swap the same batteries in a tuktuk, a large sedan and a bus.
• jacquesm 11y ago
  You meant 'until it was made practical'. It was invented more than a 100 years ago.