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Old 08-14-2022, 06:56 AM   #321
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Originally Posted by genxer View Post
If some form of U.S. government intervention, on behalf of BEV, is inevitable, I can think of only one acceptable scenario: Crossovers that can't tow.

Everything else gets left alone, especially anything with a stick. Get the Solipsistiq suburbanites off of people's backs.

On the BEV support side - make it pack module swapping (of size that the rest-of-world wouldn't do), to support domestic production and get away from fast-charge infrastructure issues. Get GM and Ford (probably Toyota too) to agree on a common module, where any of these crossovers would have either 2 or 3. Tax to support it appropriately (hardest part I know).

If you want balance, there it is.
GM gave swappable batteries a good look well over 10 years ago. Just not practical.

If it were you would have at least seen an SAE recommended practice, which I believe does exist for the charger plug. J1772.
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