It doesn’t seem like the same as what I mentioned in the post. Also, if any company came to me and said they offered subscription based charging/battery switchi

It doesn’t seem like the same as what I mentioned in the post. Also, if any company came to me and said they offered subscription based charging/battery switching in 2011, I’d have laughed them off as well. If I remember correctly the only plug-in cars to be found on the road were Prius and Chevy Volt. Both having the ability to fill up the tank for the road trip. The market is ripe now with almost all major manufacturers adding electro cars to their line-up. I see this as an opportunity for these car manufacturers to easily compete with the ICE cars and capture the market because an EV with just 100 mile range can easily compete in price against the mass market ICE cars. I saw a Hyundai Ioniq 5 on a promo the other day, and boy does it cost > 50k EUR while essentially falling in VW Golf’s category.