The mechanical issues appear to me to be legitimate stumbling blocks. The ownership model is surmountable. Make the battery a service. I pay $xxx/month or $xxx

The mechanical issues appear to me to be legitimate stumbling blocks. The ownership model is surmountable. Make the battery a service. I pay $xxx/month or $xxx/mile to Battery Exchange Corp. which replaces my battery each time I “fuel up”. Maybe I do this routinely, or maybe I typically charge at home and do an exchange only when on long road trips. As far as performance etc, surely the battery can track its health the way an iPhone measures battery health. Have specs for what a good battery is. But if Battery Exchange Corp. owns the battery, who cares? Corp. cares but it can figure this out, and maybe go after customers who destroy batteries (however this happens.) A typical car owner is interested in transportation. He’s not interested in owning a battery and he’s certainly not interested in sitting around for half an hour waiting for a battery to charge during a road trip. I’m not saying battery exchange would work, I just don’t think the ownership model is a difficult aspect of it.