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Although great in theory, I can see two major obstacles to adopting that: 1) Essentially requires a standard battery form factor. Tesla alone already has betwe
by scrooched_moose 8y ago
Although great in theory, I can see two major obstacles to adopting that:
1) Essentially requires a standard battery form factor. Tesla alone already has between 8 and 13 batteries (not bothering to check if e.g. the Model S 60 is the same as the Model X 60). Throw in other manufactures and any future Tesla sizes and this becomes infeasible pretty quickly as your "gas station" begins to look like a warehouse.
2) Warranty. When you're swapping out the most expensive part of the car several times a week, what happens when you get a dud? Is it covered by Tesla's warranty, the swap service, or are you just screwed?
Or, what if I trade in my 8 year old essentially depleted battery for a brand new one? Obviously I should pay some sort of "upgrade" fee, but tracking that will be a headache.
- samatman 8y agoOnly one of these matters, and it matters a lot. Gogoro is doing quite well with scooters, because the battery pod is small enough to swap by hand.
- maxerickson 8y agoIf the charging station (or network) refuses to again swap a battery that they have recently swapped into your car, why would anyone use it? I get that switching in $10,000 of hardware is kind of a big thing, but the question is like asking about how can I be sure every station has real gasoline (which hey, with ethanol, they don't!).