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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by jdietrich on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:41AM (#18845437)
Renault already offer battery leasing - you buy the car, but lease the battery based on your annual mileage. It has been reasonably popular, but it's far from a game changer.

https://www.renault.co.uk/renault-finance/battery-hire.html

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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by devy on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:37AM (#18846658)
So does Nio. Battery leasing and swap programs too..

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/12/20171218-nio.html

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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by jsight on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:26AM (#18846528)
From what I remember, early Tesla models offered something similar as well. It was mostly just to reassure early buyers, though, from what I remember.
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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by prostoalex on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:50AM (#18846828)
They had a pilot running at Harris Ranch and shut it down eventually https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/harris-ranch-battery...

For a quick recharge the current-generation 120 kW SuperChargers were deemed good enough. Now that they're growing their fleet of mobile service trucks, battery replacement might get re-introduced as an at-home service.

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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by jsight on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:57PM (#18860138)
This was in reference to a program that sold an insurance program to effectively allow you to swap out a worn battery for no (or low) cost. It also was shut down as it was found not to really be necessary, though.
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Re:Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Rein... by WorldMaker on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:32AM (#18846600)
From what I've heard (in Fully Charged videos), Renault did it for similar reasons and similarly expects the number of owners using battery leases instead of ownership to drop off soon as most buyers are now comfortable with the ownership model and prefer it.
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