[a9dhalaan]

The battery is probably the singular most expensive component in an EV Vehicle. And batteries degrade with time and are in different states. If someone comes in with a batter that's only half working, then swaps it for a fully working one? or One that comes to the station with a fully working one and swaps it for a half working one?

Batteries would need to be a communal resource - with them being expensive i don't see it happening. Batteries need to be cheap for companies and people to take the risk of swapping their battery with a random one.

[ajuc]

> companies and people to take the risk of swapping their battery with a random one.

What if you don't own the batteries, just buy the car without a battery and sign a contract for X years and $Y that you will get the battery replaced on each station?

> with them being expensive i don't see it happening

People rent cars that are more expansive than batteries.

[lostdog]

Obviously we should just swap the entire car. It would be like with horses, where you could swap for a fresh one to speed up a long ride.