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>that's going to decrease the value of my car. Forgive my ignorance, but how? Cheap battery swapping would mean that all batteries are essentially fungible. Wh
by schiffern 13y ago
>that's going to decrease the value of my car.
Forgive my ignorance, but how? Cheap battery swapping would mean that all batteries are essentially fungible. What stops the new owner from just swapping batteries again? What stops you?
You're also forgetting that Tesla has a very generous battery warranty. Unless you don't think they'll honor it. http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/26/autos/tesla-service-gaurantee/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/26/autos/tesla-service-gaurante...
- sliverstorm 13y agoCheap battery swapping would mean that all batteries are essentially fungible Which will be interesting. I wonder if at that point the "tragedy of the commons" would start to set in. "Oh, it's ok if I run this battery totally flat all the time, it will shorten the battery's lifespan a lot, but I can just swap it for another!"
- whatshisface 13y agoYou could use the battery controller to implement restrictions. (E.g. allow it to be run flat only once per owner per month) or perhaps simply log the stresses they put on the unit and charge accordingly.
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- schiffern 13y agoWhy would you leave your car intentionally empty? Why inconvenience yourself like that? There might be people who can't plug in, but that'll happen regardless of swapping. You might make the argument that swapping could convince more people in that situation to buy the car, but that's hardly a downside for Tesla Motors. >it will shorten the battery's lifespan a lot It doesn't do that if you set your depth-of-discharge correctly. Lithium cells are more sensitive to temperature than charge cycles anyway.