Reading the pro-tesla seeking alpha site I ran into a very good article summarizing the 5 part trilogy of good news being fed to us from tesla s PR team via Elon Musk.
1) profitable q1
2) leasing model s
3) bullet-proof battery guarantee and support extra mile stuff
4) (speculation) supercharger network coast to coast in the US
5) (speculation) battery swapping!
This last one is a radical point as the cost of a swap station is huge (Better Place invested 1M for each of theirs), however the article points out:
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Page 38 of Tesla’s most recent 10Q filed on May 10th, 2013. Newly added to the risk factors is this bullet;
«our capability to rapidly swap out the Model S battery pack and the development of specialized public facilities to perform such swapping, which do not currently exist but which we plan to introduce in the near future»
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They are clearly thinking about it. If they do this it is seriously big…. The majority of humanity lives in cities and the majority of car owners do not have a private garage. Battery swapping is just about the best way to solve the recharging problem for these people in my opinion.
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