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Long charging times are not a technical problem with EVs. It may be design problem, a financial problem or an infrastructure problem, but it’s not a technical problem and therefore not an inherent problem with EVs in general, just the current crop that were built to fit the current market.

This statement alone shows that you have no clue what you are talking about. There are tons of technical challenges to fast-charging batteries: Voltage limitations, heating problems, chemical breakdown. The idea that these are not technical issues is scientifically illiterate...

Read the rest of my comments on this thread. I'm not talking about fast-charging batteries, I'm talking about swapping out batteries that are already charged. This could be done, and as another FReeper pointed out, at least one manufacturer is already doing it. Yes, it would require some design modifications and it would be helpful if some standardization was put in place, but it wouldn't require a change in battery technology nor a radical alteration of existing EV control systems. In other words, it's not an inherent problem with current EV tech, it's an infrastructure, design, and probably financial problem that would need to be solved if we were serious about shorter recharge times and longer range right now. But it's a solvable problem without any revolution in technology.