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Batteries degrade overtime so consumers wouldn't want to swap out their battery for one with unknown usage.
by andrewtbham 13y ago
Batteries degrade overtime so consumers wouldn't want to swap out their battery for one with unknown usage.
- jjoonathan 13y agoI think you have it backwards: if consumers constantly swap out their batteries, they unload the uncertainty of pricing the battery's degradation onto the experts. Charging stations will retire decrepit batteries and replace them with new tech. If today's batteries last 50% longer than expected or 50% shorter than expected, the consumer doesn't have to worry -- they will always have a battery that works OK and they will never get slapped with a massive unplanned repair charge. They won't have to worry about upgrading their batteries or choosing between high capacity and low capacity batteries since they can just do that at the swap station. They also don't have to worry about recycling since the station will handle it for them.
- apapli 13y agoWe have a program like this for BBQ gas bottles in melbourne (possibly nation wide, I've never checked). Works well - you swap your empty bottle with a full one, pay and take it home. No filling up and you know you have a safe bottle that has been checked (in Australia you cannot use one that is older than 10 years). Funnily enough you also get less precious about its "performance" - as long as it works, users tend to lover look the appearance. Car batteries are a different matter but I think there are some valid parallels here.