[rsanders]

Swapping in a multi-vendor world also implies standardization. It’s too early in this technology to standardize - that would stifle progress.

Swap stations would also be far more expensive to build and manage inventory for, and would carry higher liability for whatever automated mechanism moved the thousand pound pack packs around when it e.g. went out of alignment and crushed somebody’s car frame.

[herval]

Yea, totally - I found this to be a lesser problem in cases like Tesla, where it's all proprietary anyway. You're correct that in a world of many standards, it becomes an issue