>I remember one time talking to a cab driver in DC complaining that the company bought a fleet of Leafs and the drivers had to charge after almost every fare because the range was so crap.
They’re working on mini-cassette solid state batteries that you can multi-insert (4 cassette batteries per car) and just pull and change out the dead batteries, kind of like the Ryobi etc batteries for tools but on a larger scale.
They have a goofy minicar in Japan that can move 4 people and float in water that use those cassette batteries and its definitely trending that way, but the tech is still too young. You can’t get more than 100 miles in one without all the cassette batteries going dead.
I don't know about that but this was several years ago. I just know the cabbies were complaining that they couldn't pick up as many fares as they used to with gas powered cars.