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Originally posted on !tomscott@lemmy.zip.

Tom Scott's latest video seems relevant to this community. Swappable batteries is an interesting concept, though it remains to be seen if it can compete with the proliferation of DC fast chargers.

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[–] dave@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This was demoed by Tesla 10 years ago, and offered as a service for a year or so before being abandoned in 2016, apparently due to lack of demand. Guess the landscape may be different now, but single vendor systems are likely still quite a problem.

[–] iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

american consumer behaviour isn't really a benchmark.