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Re:Shortage of charging stations to become a bottleneck to m... by repsilat on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:56PM (#17710722)
I agree with the sibling comment that it won't be the eventual solution because charging will be good enough. That said, the battery thing just isn't a problem with the right market setup.

Battery deterioration over a fleet is predictable enough. You could just buy a "never-ending battery subscription" when you buy a car or something.

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Re:Shortage of charging stations to become a bottleneck to m... by jgibson on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @05:52PM (#17711190)
The Renault Zoe does something like this. You buy the car, but you lease the battery from Renault (at least, thats how it used to work)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Zoe

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Re:Shortage of charging stations to become a bottleneck to m... by rbanffy on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @06:34PM (#17711498)
I think all the Renault lineup is like this.
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