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You missed the key point of swapping batteries. You don't own the battery nor did you pay ($16K) for the battery. So there is no "original battery". I assume th
by intrasight 6y ago
You missed the key point of swapping batteries. You don't own the battery nor did you pay ($16K) for the battery. So there is no "original battery". I assume that in ten years we will have "standard units of power" - the equivalent of a large "D" cell battery.
- extrapickles 6y agoThat is an option I kind of outlined as leasing/subscribing to the battery back are the easiest mechanisms to do this. If the car owner only charged via swapping you could do a system where the cost of the pack was part of the electricity cost (eg: like a propane/co2 tank swap). The downside to this specific one is that you would have to either prevent charging or charge a fee if they did not swap in a specific time period as the battery is a significant capital expense. Swapping is getting more unlikely as car makers are switching over to structural battery packs which makes swapping the pack non-trivial.
- intrasight 6y agoThe car equivalent of unrepairable smartphones, and unservicable tractors. That would be terrible.