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Originally Posted by Chris_SVS

Development would need to go into standard, interchangeable batteries then I guess, no different to going to a petrol station, drive in - change - pay - go..

Or something

Problem for me with swapping the battery would be if I had a brand new or fairly new battery that I had looked after I may well be swapping it for an older abused battery. I know battery electric vehicles with new battery have algorithms to prevent top 20% and bottom 30% of battery being used to limit battery damage from over charging and over draining the battery. Not only does charging over 80% take a lot longer it will also damage battery, as will over discharging. That is why every BEV car claims quick charge times to 80% and not 100%. As the battery ages the algorithms allow more of the,battery to be used to maintain the optimistic range claimed by vehicle maker, and most have an 'emergency reserve' feature to allow bottom part of battery to be used if you find yourself with an apparently flat battery ( but still up to 30% charge remaining that the vehicle computer will not allow to be used during normal usage ). With swappable batteries the batteries would need to have some kind of ' memory of age and usage ' chip on board that the receiving vehicle could interrogate.

https://electrek.co/2018/05/04/are-y...ium-batteries/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/adv...makers-forgot/