Bat out of hole

Why don't they make sure that all the batteries, in every electric car, are the same and all easily removable and replaceable (maybe in a large sliding tray underneath.) Motorway service stations and garages on large main roads could have special equipment that the car could drive onto. Batteries could be changed in 5 minutes for a price. The batteries removed could be charged at the garage and put into someone else's car. Thereby getting rid of the problem of range and time to recharge.

Asked on 9 January 2010 by RO, via email

Answered by Honest John
Renault has been trying to do that and came up with the idea of battery stations where the batteries could simply be dropped down out of the cars and replaced using an underfloor system. But Renault did not get universal acceptance of this idea. There's a feature about this at: www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/green-motoring/2010-06/r...2
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