[officeplant]

As an EV owner I just don't see the benefit in the battery swap method. I spend a lot of time monitoring my battery's health and keeping the cell balance from going too far out of line.

Maybe its short sighted of me, but I don't want some abused battery from another owner swapped into my EV. The amount of trust I'd have to place on a battery swap station to give me a battery that's just as reliable/healthy as my own managed battery is far too great. Would they just reject people who try to swap faulty battery's or just take it as an operational loss and recycle batteries that fall out of spec.

Of course a lot of this ties into future ownership/rental financial models, however the world works with everything going towards subscription in the future. If you're just subscription/leasing a car as a service the vast majority of people won't care of give a shit anyway.

As for now I own my EV and when the battery needs replacement ten years from now I expect to be able to buy another one, hopefully larger/more capable, and continue on my merry way.