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    Battery Swap revisited

    Depends on your usage patterns. If you only need to do this at weekends for long runs, and can use at-home charges for work-runs, then it may pay off. And why should it have to cost so much? Garages operate on microscopic profit margins for fuel, and still manage. Once a standard is agreed - and...
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    Battery Swap revisited

    Ok, reading Clarksons review of the Tesla Roadster, despite his huge gaffes, does bring up the main bugbear for EVs - the recharge time. I mooted a solution yeaaars ago, and it is this: Make the batteries removable. Drive into garage, pull batteries out, plug in new set already charged up...