@jwildeboer
Charging networks seem like an awful waste of time if the petroleum forecourts could be repurposed into drive over battery replacement robots. With a stock of these universal batteries, 'refuelling' could be just a few minutes and an infrastructure for recycling batteries could be really efficient for a single standard battery form (maybe a couple of different form factors for different sized vehicles?) Decoupling battery from vehicle would also mean life expectancy of one doesn't impact the life expectancy of the other.

@jwildeboer
Nevertheless, designing for both longevity and easy maintenance for both vehicle & batteries, which would include legislated battery worldwide standardisation, form factor and easy replacement, would all be net additional positives.