[wpm]

If it can charge as fast as filling up a tank, who cares?

There are already large battery swapping schemes in China with thousands of stations. Even if we don't get to 5-100 charging at 5C+ there's nothing stopping this from not being a problem.

If the arrow of time is to be believed, many of the complaints and gripes and "well aktuallys" from 10 years ago are solved already. And there seems to be no slowing down.

[dyauspitr]

You can’t realistically swap out the battery on a full sized vehicle. It’s too large. The Chinese battery swaps are mostly for bikes and smaller vehicles.

Fast charging would fix it. If you could go from 15 to 80% in truly under 10 mins that would work too.

[decimalenough]

That assumes there are chargers and that they're available. Not a problem in big cities, but it will complicate road trips, and "range anxiety" remains a real concern for first time EV buyers.

Battery swapping is talked about a lot but AFAICT it hasn't really been successful anywhere. It just seems like a lot more hassle than plugging in, and with charging speeds constantly increasing the payoff is shrinking too.