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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @11:47AM (#40212382)
What about this? https://www.tesla.com/videos/battery-swap-event

Or maybe those weren't production cars?

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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by somerandomqaguy on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @12:42PM (#40213043)
NIO is the only car maker I know of that does battery swapping. Tesla's AFAIK were only a tech demo.
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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by vel0city on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @03:57PM (#40215581)
That event was over a decade ago. Those were not production cars, and production at Tesla has moved away from this model and into "structural packs" where the battery pack is major structural component of the frame.

Also, that demo was pretty much there to get some tax subsidies or something. They built the system to comply with the minimum to qualify, and once they got the money they didn't do anything else with it. Those cars weren't really production at all.

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