Reisender wrote:
Tesla had a quick change battery setup for awhile. Kind of an experimental thing. Most deemed it unnecessary. 97 percent of your charging is done st home while you sleep although workplace charging is growing quite quickly in areas where solar is used. And on a road trip mist stop every few hours for 15 or twenty minutes, maybe lunch. Plenty of time to take on some charge. With version 3 supercharge at 160 kw most will be happy with en route charging. Most still travel less than 500 miles in a day on a road trip.
But the fault in this thinking is that the numbers for EV's needing a recharge won't change. If EV numbers increase, then more vehicles will need to recharge and as a result, there will be waiting time. And if there are two EV's ahead of you and each takes 15-20 minutes to recharge, you're looking at more than a half hour to just get to the "pump", then 15-20 minutes for your charge. And as more people go EV's, it seems unlikely there will only be 2 people waiting in line.