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To: John Vosilla who wrote (95449)	10/12/2012 1:19:34 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218249

Swapping a battery could be done in 10 seconds, including deceleration time from 50 kph. With the greatly increased road efficiency, there would be many places where there would be a spare lane which could be converted to various uses such as tyre replacement, battery swap, refueling with petrol, diesel, LGP, CNG, methanol, toilets, food stops, repairs, lubricant changes medical services. Heck, even power stations could be built there. The reason many roads are so wide is because people can't drive cars well, so they need a lot of room to get not many of them moving not very fast and very dangerously. Maybe that battery swap website is taken, but here's another one, which also has an actual business replacing batteries. betterplace.com They haven't achieved 10 seconds yet, and in Formula 1 teams they could do it in about 4 seconds, including the deceleration. Pull one out one side while the replacement is being pushed in the other side. Billing would of course be done electronically with payment made before the vehicle pulls into the swap station. The motorist would not be aware of much other than a brief deceleration. The car would decide whether to get a swap or not. The motorist would just keep reading or cerfing the net or talking on the phone or sleeping. They would not really be a motorist or driver any more. They would be a passenger. Halo recharging would not be a hassle. Just stop and walk away. Same as normal. Inductive coupling means no cable to plug in. Mqurice