> This sounds like a program that was designed to fail so they could say that they tried You're getting downvotes, but I think that's accurate. Tesla built a b

> This sounds like a program that was designed to fail so they could say that they tried You're getting downvotes, but I think that's accurate. Tesla built a battery swap station in order to qualify for extra ZEV credits worth millions of dollars that California was offering as an incentive to develop an EV that could be charged as fast as gasoline cars. They met the bare minimum requirements to qualify for those credits, and the station was likely never used by anyone other than a few reporters, then quickly closed after the credits were earned. The station was "opened" in a way that seems to me designed to ensure nobody would use it: you had to be invited to take your car there, you had to call several days ahead of the time you wanted to do so to make a reservation, you had to pay $80 for the privilege, and you might not get your own battery back. The swap station was located across the street from a Supercharger where you could simply pull in without a reservation and quick charge your car for free.