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You say won’t happen, but there are Chinese companies that offer you different size batteries based on need. Going cross country? Swap out for a massive batter
by simmerup 2y ago
You say won’t happen, but there are Chinese companies that offer you different size batteries based on need.
Going cross country? Swap out for a massive battery. Just doing city runs? Get the smaller lighter cheaper battery
- usrusr 2y agoAre they profitable though? Sounds like a painful investment trap, where the company can always declare projections of a happy future once a certain threshold would be reached in terms of installed base of compatible cars with interchangeable batteries, and every time growth in installed base starts to visibly miss the optimistic prognosis they can say "uncle" and force a reset by introducing some new incompatible format "this time it will be better, need more money, now!" (I know nothing about how intra China VC works or does not work, but battery swap schemes sound like an effective capital trap - note that those traps tend to work best when even the ones setting them up don't recognize their nature, I'm not accusing anyone on doing it on purpose!)