cymbeline wrote: “My solution is to have replaceable batteries like you have with battery powered tools. The “filling stations” would just replace your battery.”
How long you figure to replace ‘your battery’?
Should be faster than filling with gas easily. Will require an interesting hydraulic lift setup. And you could still have a home charger and charging stations too.
“How long you figure to replace ‘your battery’?”
Not to mention the labor charge and capital investment required...all for a new charge that otherwise costs $5 to $10 for the electricity.
“How long you figure to replace ‘your battery’?”
And then the inventory required. How many types, sizes, and forms of batteries, and how many to stock of each? Batteries weigh close to 1000 lbs (or maybe more in some cars), tougher than changing, say, wiper blades.