[hkai]

Looking at my phone and macbook with built-in batteries, I realize a car with a swappable battery is not something we can achieve as humanity.

[joe_the_user]

The thing about phones and laptops is that they have the excuse that miniaturization makes this necessary (it's still an excuse but it's better cover). And current systems essentially have the lifetime of the battery.

Cars should be a different story but we'll have to fight for that even.

[hunter2_]

And ingress protection, which requires excellent seals, which need a bit of know-how (i.e., a shop) to correctly reapply. At least that's what I like to tell myself.

[hoseja]

Cars use the battery as a structural component.

[richardw]

A few Chinese companies are doing it. Eg:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas...

[dragonelite]

Nio is also doing it, not sure if they have created a standard bodies for it.

[asimovfan]

It depends on 1 ("one") legislation. Its not like theres inherently anything stopping this from happening except the insatiable hunger of some rich dudes. I believe the EU is forcing the iphones to have usb-c?

[tchvil]

It was tried and failed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)

That doesn't mean it wouldn't work today, but probably a harder problem than it looks.

[tim333]

I've swapped batteries in iphone and macbooks several times. Just because the manufacturer doesn't really want you to do it doesn't mean you can't do it.