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Originally Posted by Hehe
Bahaha... so I'm pointing out what Tesla is doing better and that makes me a cult follower?
The "we have always done it this way" is the most expensive business lesson any business can make.
If legacy automakers don't start to understand that their old business model no longer works and is in desperate need of an overhaul, I won't be surprised that even major brands like Benz or BMW get sold to Chinese EV brands so they can serve the only value they still have... brand recognition in the same way how Nokia/Blackberry/Motorola have gone from top 5 in phone industry to "others" in the world sales chart.
You can swap the word Tesla out and if the other brands offered these level of convenience, I'd vouch for them too. It's about a genuinely better experience.
And EV makers now on market have to be careful too. Too many of them are still thinking with the ICE mentality. NIO, for example, is looking to do battery swap station, so "you could always be with the full tank". When in reality... think in the case of your cellphone... would one still care whether a phone has swappable battery or not? So one can go instantly from 1% to 100%.
No... you just charge whenever it's needed or at night before you go to bed.
Same idea with EVs. So, stop thinking with the same habits of ICE drivers. Just force them to get used to it. When Apple went to non swappable batteries in their phones/laptops... every review I read say it's a HUGE disappointment... blah blah... let's see how many battery-swappable phones are currently on the market? Honestly, I don't think any major brands worth their name have it.
Don't just go with what the market is doing for the least resistance. Find out a better way and stick with it. The market would eventually learn to adapt if it really is better.
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How is this remotely relevant to what the OP asked?
He asked about oilchanges.
Nobody cares about your Tesla.
Stay on topic.