EVDL Administrator via EV<[email protected]> wrote:
Can you imagine what refueling your ICEV would be like today if a time
traveler to 1900 accidentally stepped on a butterfly, and today, every car
made required a different blend of fuel?
I agree. The last thing that consumers want is to grant the auto
companies or power companies a monopoly on charging. Henry Ford once
tried to buy up gas stations, but was thwarted by the government on
anti-trust grounds. He reportedly said, "If I owned the filling
stations, I'd GIVE away the cars!"
Ed Blackmond via EV wrote:
But swapping packs is going to be rare in comparison to refueling an ICEV
today. Drivers will only need to swap when they need a larger capacity pack and
when they need to swap back to their normal capacity pack.
Everything depends on the situation, and the customer. Some customers
will NEVER swap. Others will do it every day.
Swapping packs makes sense for fleet users. They may do it every day, or
even several times a day. It's not uncommon for fork lifts with
swappable packs to run 3 shifts a day, with a fresh pack swapped in
every shift (two on charge, one in use).
I can imagine taxicabs, buses, delivery trucks, and the like doing the
same thing. They might want the swap stations conveniently located along
their route.
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