[adhocmobility]

Waiting anywhere while your car is charging seems like an awful user experience. I've always imagined that a quick battery swap service would become the standard. Don't know how feasible it is though, maybe someone can shed more light on that.

[brewdad]

We would need to develop a single standard and a limited number of battery sizes for this to ever be feasible. Go look at how many different starter batteries your typical auto parts store has to stock. Now imagine doing that with batteries that are much larger and much riskier if they are stored/handled improperly.

[adhocmobility]

I can't imagine it, which is why I asked. You certainly seem skeptical. Your arguments aren't very convincing though.

>> Too many different start batteries

Okay... that's because there's no standard. But isn't that why standards are developed? Could you explain why developing a standard and a limited number of battery sizes is not feasible?

>> Risk of storing and handling them improperly

Could you explain why batteries are riskier than petrol?

And while we're discussing this China's decided to try it out [0].

[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside...