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Old 05-13-2008, 09:08 PM
BigTuna BigTuna is offline
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Default Re: Existing U.S. electrical grid will not currently support switch to electric cars

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Originally Posted by Hot_Georgia_2004 View Post

Imagine this sometime in your EV future:

Drive +300 miles then pull into a fueling station. It doesn't matter where it is, perhaps the same one that used to sell you gasoline.
Old battery automatically ejected and placed on a charging station,
and a new one is inserted in your vehicle. 100% automatic.
Your vehicle calculates the capacity of the new battery, pay the man and go! Drive in and back out in far less time than you spent pumping fuel.

That's a good dream.
-Steve
If there was ever standardization of battery packs, that could be a realistic dream. Can you already see the Beta vs VHS battery pack disagreement?
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