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goducks10 wrote:

Me Again wrote:
I still think they should work on an universal swappable battery pack where one pulls into a station and a robot swaps in a recharged battery and you are on your way again in a couple minutes, along with a "refueling" charge on your credit card. The number of battery packs is base on size and weight of vehicle.

The Radio Control hobby has airplanes, buggies, cars and trucks that have been doing it for years. I do not go to the field and fly a plane once and then have to bring it home and recharge it. I can fly as many flights as batteries I bring along.

Having done the off road RC car thing for years back in the day, I think you're on to something. Let the battery MFG's duke it out as well. It would definitely benefit the consumer.

Tesla had a functioning setup like that but it wasn’t popular and that was back in the days of max charge rates of 120 Kw. Now at 250 kw charge rates and average 15 minute V3 Supercharger stops I don’t think it would find a market. Most people take that long to pee, grab a coffee, clean the windshield and move on. I would think most of the V2 stations will be upgraded to V3 over the next few years and most of the new Superchargers are V3. Besides. Most people charge at home. Many rarely go to a Supercharger. There will never be a need for as many DC fast chargers as there are gas stations.

Maybe the non Tesla brands can get together and look into this kinda thing as they all charge at about half the rate. Then again, all the other brands combined together don’t come close to Tesla’s number...except in China of course.