[tuatoru]

> We also need EV designs where the batteries are modular and easy to swap out.

Battery swapping is already a thing. In China. Nio[1] sells luxury cars and there are lots of more utilitarian vehicles that use battswap, but get no press outside China.

In the west, Ample[2] is working with manufacturers to modularize batteries and make them swappable between vehicle brands, so a "gas station" business/industry model will work.

Edit: I believe that EV manufacturers that don't offer battswap will confine themselves to the luxury niche of the market. The mass market wants low sticker prices on its vehicles.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio_Inc.

2. https://ample.com/

[timidiceball]

NIOs are very much for sale in Europe and Oslo, Norway has two battery changing stations (more coming supposedly).

Very interesting what happens to car depreciation when decoupled from any particular battery pack.

[_yb2s]

This is really cool! Battery swap is the 'killer feature' for me that would allow an EV to replace an ICE vehicle.