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Revolutionary idea ... make batteries replaceable. We had it back in the days. You could just remove the old batteries and put the new ones.

Tesla tried this and it didn't seem very popular (albeit low sample size): http://fortune.com/2015/06/10/teslas-battery-swap-is-dead/

Tesla cars can do this in less than 2 minutes - faster than it takes to fill up a tank of gas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY

Insert the typical disclaimer here about how they only did that demo to get some California ZEV credits and how they're not moving forward with actually implementing it for end users

Well, that sucks.

and the disclaimer about how the only semi-viable battery swap company went bankrupt and shut down:

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/27/no-better-place-battery-...

There is an actual battery swap station in california where Tesla owners can swap batteries. But not many people sign up for it.

If ever there was a legitimate role for a government-mandated standard...

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