On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:08:25 +0100, wrote:

On Fri, 31 May 2019 19:30:57 +0100
"Commander Kinsey" wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2019 19:27:46 +0100,
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On Fri, 31 May 2019 18:32:47 +0100
"Commander Kinsey" wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2019 18:22:06 +0100,
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 03:02:37 +1000
"Rod Speed" wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news In the future I expect technology to have improved to make them at least
as good as petrol cars.

While battery swapping might conceivably get close
time wise, there is no way to stop someone swapping
a good battery for a ****ed one and no way to test
how ****ed a battery is quickly and charge those who
show up with a ****ed battery for the cost of a new one
or just tell them to **** off with their ****ed battery.

Battery swapping is not feasible - the amount of space required to store
them

would be ridiculous and constant swapping wouldn't do the connectors on the

battery or the car any good over time.

What about electrolyte swapping?

Lithium batteries don't use fluids.

Who said they had to be Lithium? There are many battery chemistries.

And none of them are as good as lithium.

They are if you can charge them faster.

Anyway, I think you'll find there is gel inside Lithium batteries.

And ITYF that inside a car lithium battery are lots of smaller battery cells
so good luck changing any gel in there

They could be made any way which suits.

(in fact most lithium types don't use
gel anyway, they're dry cells).

Ever opened an AA lithium? They're damp.

There won't be refueling stations , there'd simply be charging points
scattered around the place - in car parks, supermarkets, streets etc etc.

Wherever they are, countless cars would be parked where they wouldn't normally
be, taking up space.

Cars have to be parked somewhere. Might as well be near a charger.

Usually they're at the destination or at home, not in the middle. So a third parking place has to be built.

The only sensible answer if they can't be charged instantly, is to have a
range enough so that 99% of people can just charge them overnight at home.
Mind you, that ****s up all those weird folk who have a car but no driveway.

So that would be most people then would it?

No, just the morons who spend more on cars than houses. I have a driveway that can take 5 cars, and own 1 car (I've previously had up to 3). It should be made illegal to park your car permanently in the street. It ain't your land. I've seen ****wits with a 1 bedroom flat and brand new £30K BMW parked on the public road. WTF were they thinking? Get a £5K car and spend the £25K on a bigger house.