The global transition to electric cars has been held up in the elevation by the lack of generic quick switch that works. All automakers would have sold far more electric vehicles had they been able to agree on one, two or three quick-switch standards.
As Mercedes considers the new Smart EQ Fortwo, hopefully, it study the idea.
Swappable batteries was part of the operating concept when electric vehicles were competing with gas vehicles in the early 1900s. Jay Leno has one of these old vehicles and gave a short history of it on TV one night.
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