Re: Hot swapping
Hot swapping was mooted in my Usborne book about electricity a generation or more ago - and expected twenty years ago. Works well enough for gas canisters etc, why not batteries? "Just" requires standardisation as the main hurdle.
I think it very much depends on implementation. I personally would be uncomfortable with frequent replacements of something that is part of the structural strength of the car as it is with a Tesla, and there's also the question of quality control and the fairly involved mechanics to make it happen. Running just a few power lines is probably less involved than to add a lot of mechanics to it.
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