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Originally Posted by elhigh
The beauty of an EV is that if you come up with a better battery, the rest of the car continues to perform as originally designed.
Come up with a less toxic battery chemistry? Better power density? Swap that rascal in. Make whatever changes are necessary to the power conditioning hardware but the rest of the car is, well, a car.
It's like an engine swap, except in this case it's more analogous to a fuel tank swap.
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Hopefully there will be aftermarket battery retrofits with more range for older EVs in a few years. Being able to change energy sources with no vehicle mods is a great EV benefit too. An EV charged by coal electricity can switch to renewable energy much easier than a gas/diesel vehicle!