1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched back to gas

Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by Hithredin on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:05AM (#27022092)

The ancien origin form of "petrol station" was a post office where riders could swap horse.

Would it be so difficult to establish a standard to achieve a similar thing? - stop at a station - swap the battery - go

Even faster in theory than gas...

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Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by klft on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:17AM (#27022172)

Better Place already tried this and failed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)

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Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by Hithredin on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:50AM (#27023204)

Thanks for the link that's a good case study. However that was a bit early compared to the actual market.

Wondering if a brand of petrol stations could disrupt the market by suddenly introducing this. Without an existing network by the roads or a very large investment, it must be very hard to penetrate the market.

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Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by yeahr4579 on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:17AM (#27022168)

Sounds like a good idea but I bet people would mess it up somehow! I personally would never accept something that can explode from a stranger!

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Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by andyana on Monday May 03, 2021 @03:36AM (#27022563)

I might be mistaken, but isn't this how some BBQ propane tank exchanges are done?

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Re:1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched bac... by namrog84 on Monday May 03, 2021 @12:07PM (#27026822)

Does that really happen? Every place I've ever seen or been too has the tank you bring in get refilled. Never have I seen people switch them out.

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