That is certainly an option
If car makers can decide on a standard size/voltage/connector type pack.
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Tusk knows where you live, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 11:30,
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Battery mass will kill that
The Tesla Model S battery pack weighs over half a metric tonne. You'd better come up with a standardised mechanism for handling and installing as well.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 13:06,
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Plus that there lithium is a tad 'sploady in impacts.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 14:55,
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Unlike petrol
Which is not flammable at all, totally inflammable in fact.
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Papagato RackSpanner, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 18:17,
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I said 'sploady not burny.
Hit a lithium battery with a hammer and see what happens
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 20:27,
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That would be like standardised petrol in one or two grades
Never going to happen!
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 13:08,
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Would be more like
standardizing fuel tank shape and capacity. And probably placement. Not going to happen.
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Tusk knows where you live, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 14:24,
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