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It’s a solution for a problem that won’t exist.

Charing for 30 minutes isn’t a real issue after a long drive.

Replacing individual battery modules will become cheap enough it will extend the life of battery packs enough.

And once the whole battery needs replacing it will be ok financially.

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The only people who say "I don't mind stopping for 30 minutes to charge!" are people who dont drive much. For people who travel by car a lot, that's insane.

I can't imagine being forced to hang out at a truck stop for 30 minutes rather than getting back on the road.

Can you imagine riding a horse or walking to your destination? Because that's the alternative if cheap oil isn't readily available anymore.

Or maybe you'd rather imagine having to migrate because your city is under water and there is no more food, due to changing climate?

Your convenience is beside the point, society will adapt.

Do you stop for food? Buccee's is already half restaurant and targets long distance drivers. Charge yourself while charging your vehicle. Many suburban gas stations have some form of food service attached as well.

In the not too distant future there will be contact less charging everywhere, at Walmart, at work, at home.

In the near future, electric vehicles will be obsolete and we'll be running off rainwater and people will be parking their cars outside to harvest it. California will be mostly unlivable.

Luckily not living in California but at the baltic sea, 50m above sea level, 2km from the coast.

Just use salt water from the ocean instead. It's got electrolytes, it's what the cars crave.

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