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by jsnell 1486 days ago
At that time, Tesla claimed to be running battery swap stations, and was receiving massive subsidies from California for it. The entire point of the story is that the battery swaps were not being used even in situations where they would make the most sense, and the alternative was expensive and based on fossile fuels.

The implication is that Tesla was committing fraud, taking the subsidies and not in providing the promised service in exchange.
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_ea1k 1482 days ago
Battery swap stations still have to charge the batteries being swapped. If diesel was needed for charging the cars, it would have been needed for those too.

The battery swap station was offered to a small subset of owners. From what they claim, the reviews weren't overly positive.

TBH, I prefer charging the battery while in the car over a system like that in general.

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