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The skeptic in me worries about the opportunities this would open for bad actors. Imagine a "cartel" that buys low-value batteries (many charge cycles), swaps
by schrodinger 3y ago
The skeptic in me worries about the opportunities this would open for bad actors.
Imagine a "cartel" that buys low-value batteries (many charge cycles), swaps them out, and resells the new one. Or gas stations that do the same in reverse, give you a poorer battery in return for a good one, and then sells the good one.
It would require aligned interests and strong regulation to work, I think.
- mike_hock 3y agoYou get gas with at least the posted octane number. You're gonna get a battery with at least the posted capacity. I don't see why this wouldn't work the same way. And then there's online reviews. Customers wouldn't want to swap at shops that swap in junk batteries.
- schrodinger 3y agoI hope that logic works out. But a battery costs like 1,000x a tank of gas so the incentives are far higher…