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If it has to be forced, then it probably isn't a good idea.
We're only just now. Like this year just now, seeing batteries that can be made much cheaper and last much longer (sodium ion) and batteries that will last the actual lifetime of a vehicle (solid state lithiums, allegedly). The cars the past 5 years that have had LifePO4 batts will last decently long. Up until now you've been looking at EV's that cost more, with batteries that will go bad in them that cost huge amounts of money to replace. A 10 year old Tesla with 200,000 miles on it is essentially garbage. No one will pay much for it because it's about to need a $15,000 battery, and when it fails it's going to the junk yard. My little ice car has nearly 300,000 miles on it and is old enough to vote. If the engine blows up I could buy a working used one for like $500 and install it myself, or pay somebody else a couple grand to deal with it all for me.
Passenger cars aren't the end all be all to global warming or the environment, either. They aren't the main cause. Most countries grid systems couldn't handle a complete EV swap by 2035. Look at the issues these stupid ai server farms are causing grid systems.
My point is, no one should need to force ev. At this point it will become the better and obvious choice over ice on its own. It isn't there yet for tons of people or countries.
Never understood why EVs aren't made with standardized hot swappable cells. Would solve the range problem and the wear problem.
Not practical, no one wants it.
People are already bitching and moaning about how hard it is to build out charging, when it’s based on existing electric system that’s is already everywhere. You really think it’s at all practical to build out everywhere a network of station with a large inventory of one ton batteries to fit every age of every vehicle in every location no matter how rural and heavy automated equipment to maneuver them? You want to hold battery technology stagnant to support this? You want to lose the efficiency and reliability benefits of structural batteries.
The reality is current batteries already last longer than the first owner keeps a vehicle and newer ones easily exceed lifespan of ice vehicles. The reality is charging is already more convenient that battery swapping. The reality is building out chargers is much easier than any other infrastructure
It works with propane tanks.
That's where standardization comes in. All vehicles would use the same cells, or maybe a couple sizes depending on use case. No reason they have to way a ton either a car could have multiple cells sized for a person to be able to handle themselves. This would also allow you to "top up" if they can get the cells to drain sequentially.
As long as new technology connects to the old connections then they can change whatever they want inside the cells. That's how batteries have been for pretty much the entire history of batteries. And no I don't want to lose anything. I was merely asking a question.
I'd very much like to know what the actual numbers are for "how long the first owner keeps a vehicle" and the "lifespan of ice vehicles". I've had my car for 15 years and I'm the first owner. My dad had a truck that's coming up on 40 and is still kicking. EVs haven't even been around long enough to prove that
Everyone has different definition of lifetime and very few keep theirs 40 years
I personally buy new and keep it for its lifetime, as defined by “needing more work than its value “. That has worked out to be 12-15 years for ICE cars. For an EV I’m reasonably confident the battery will last longer than I own the vehicle and it will still have some amount of resale value based on batteries degrade rather than die
Also I’ve seen quite a few articles like
Tesla's haven't existed for 20 years. How can that be the average lifespan? At best it's theoretical. Most likely it's some musk stooge making shit up.