XPost: uk.rec.driving, alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: dave@davenoise.co.uk   
      
   In article ,   
      Steve Walker  wrote:   
   > Better still, standardised voltage and standardised packs where a small   
   > town car may use one, while a larger, longer range car may use two or   
   > three. Make the packs so they can be slid in or out - it doesn't matter   
   > if each car puts them in at different locations, in different directions   
   > or around different obstructions - and "battery stations" could use   
   > robot arms, pre-programmed for all different models, to swap out   
   > discharged batteries for fully charged ones. The service paid for at a   
   > fixed sum, plus a rate for the increase in charge level.   
      
   > That makes recharging an electric vehicle as fast as a petrol or diesel   
   > one from the driver's point of view and ensures that failing batteries   
   > are removed from circulation, with the cost spread amongst all drivers   
   > rather than an individual being hit by a high fee.   
      
   > It would also mean that as battery technology improved, all cars would   
   > benefit, not just the latest model.   
      
   Which would require cooperation between every maker in every country.   
   Just the thing all the Farages and Trumps of this world are dead against.   
   How dare anyone tell us how we should do things. And so on.   
      
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