• towerful@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    Like a station of batteries, you plug in your dead one and take a fresh one.
    I guess you would never own the battery, and would have to be subscription based.

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        8 months ago

        I thought about the propane angle. But propane lasts a lot longet than a battery charge, a propane tank doesnt degrade like a battery does, and a battery is more expensive than a propane tank (both construction and recycling).
        So, its higher cost of entry, potentially high cost of “recertifying” (ie turning around an empty battery into a full one).
        It seemed more likely that both the user and the company to get screwed over by duff batteries and surprise costs

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      8 months ago

      They could do like propane tanks, where you just pay when you swap for a fresh one. You could also still recharge the battery you have. No subscription needed