That's a different take on hybrids then? I dunno, I guess manufacturers went for straight electric and skipped that idea, since you can have ICE+fuel OR the same energy in batteries?
Straight electric is usually done without supercaps, thus losing the ability to fully recover braking energy, and batteries still don't have the same range as a tank of fuel, and can't be recharged as fast.
There is one thing that has the potential to kickstart the EV industry: sell the cars, but rent the battery packs, with an industrywide standard on how battery packs look like and how they are swappable by machines.
It's no good if a gas station has to carry swap stations and swap batteries for dozens of different models.
There is one thing that has the potential to kickstart the EV industry: sell the cars, but rent the battery packs, with an industrywide standard on how battery packs look like and how they are swappable by machines.
It's no good if a gas station has to carry swap stations and swap batteries for dozens of different models.