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Originally Posted by prhom
Seems to me they should be viewing batteries as an interchangeable unit rather than a fixed piece of the vehicles. A Tesla station should have fully charged battery packs ready to switch out when you arrive. That may make design more of a challenge but would improve one of the big drawbacks, especially for trucks. You don’t own the batteries, but exchange them when you need a new charge. Battery replacement also seems like a huge sustaining capital cost that never gets figured in when looking at the costs. What is the lifespan? Maybe a few years if you are lucky?
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Just lift out the battery pack, sure tell your wife to run to the store for beer and while she is at it swap the batteries.
You can thank me for pointing this out because if you said it anywhere else but CP you would be flamed