In most cases, recharging is much cheaper and more convenient than battery swapping ever could be. Batteries are big, heavy, and expensive. Significant infrast

In most cases, recharging is much cheaper and more convenient than battery swapping ever could be. Batteries are big, heavy, and expensive. Significant infrastructure would be required to handle and recharge them at swapping stations. Standard sizes/formats for batteries would need to be established, restricting the design and innovation of vehicles that use them. While I'm sure someone facing a 30+ minute wait in line for a charger would be happy to pay $50 for a 10-minute battery swap instead, this situation only happens once or twice a year at times of exceptional demand (like Thanksgiving). The rest of the time, those swap stations would just sit unused, losing money.