Isn't there something wrong to you if a "routine maintenance" takes a day?
The whole thing makes me think of home renovation, apparently the majority of landfill is cast-off material because re-use isn't a consideration.
I don't think "most people" arguments are great. People want freedom and flexibility, they don't want to have to sell their car and buy a new one if their conditions change.
I hope the first mainstream car in my market that takes a very modular approach wins out. In fact imo there should be regulated form factors, since the impact of these things at scale is huge, and I doubt battery recycling is that efficient.
Recovery is just one factor, there is often a lot of overhead in use of chemicals, labour, etc. The more they are designed for this process, the more sense it makes, that goes along with modularity.
The whole thing makes me think of home renovation, apparently the majority of landfill is cast-off material because re-use isn't a consideration.
I don't think "most people" arguments are great. People want freedom and flexibility, they don't want to have to sell their car and buy a new one if their conditions change.
I hope the first mainstream car in my market that takes a very modular approach wins out. In fact imo there should be regulated form factors, since the impact of these things at scale is huge, and I doubt battery recycling is that efficient.