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Old 01-15-2019, 06:07 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by wdc330i View Post
What about common battery platforms and charged battery swaps? Kind of like propane tanks for grills?
Tesla experimented with battery swaps — one station along I-5 in central CA. It basically didn’t get used. Swaps took <5 min, but people preferred the Supercharger at the same location.

There was also a company in Israel that did battery leasing and had swapping stations, but they failed. Info here - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)
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