[Jonty30]

Swapping batteries would require a football field size warehouse to store all the batteries, which would make a trip to refuel a trip to the industrial part of town. It’s not practical in that sense, when the average service station takes a third that space and can easily fit in most neighbourhoods.

[adorno]

Swapping batteries would require a football field size warehouse to store all the batteries

Football field size? That's an exaggeration. Tesla demonstrated the process a few years ago, but gave up on it. Batteries are big, but they don't require space much larger than a warehouse about the size of a standard 4-bay suto repair station. Problem is that, perhaps all autos would have to use the same standard-size battery, no matter what the make and model, sort of like most laptop computers come with 15.6 inch monitors and similar sized batteries.

[adorno]

Take a look: Tesla Model S - Battery Swap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY

Granted that, Tesla exaggerated the time to refuel the gasoline in the regular car, because it takes me no more than 1 1/2 minutes to refill my car's tank, which takes about 13 gallons, and I can easily drive about 350 miles on that fill-up, while the EV would have to get a battery swapped 2 or 3 times for that same distance.