You pay a little bit extra for the "supercharging" option and you can use Tesla's supercharger network free of charge for life.

There were some rumors floating around that Tesla may "unlock" the supercharging option on all of their vehicles through a software update down the road. Who know's if there's any truth to that though

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What's the importance of a battery swap? Can users maintain more than one battery at a time?

Depending on a few factors, it has the potential to remove the biggest knock against electric cars (range and charge times).

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Posted by dewster

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Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:18 am to JohnnyKilroy

That's awesome....like a propane tank swap for my grill. How hard is it to swap?

Didn't think of it that way. How does Tesla intend to set up the electric car charging and swap station infrastructure? Existing fueling stations? Super centers?

Wonder if they can make this work for other cars too....like the Volt or the Leaf. Interchangeable batteries in the future maybe? I bet they could partner with GM or Toyota and gain that interchangeability and economies of scale in the future.

I wonder how much labor is involved in a swap.

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Posted by ZereauxSum

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Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:08 am to JohnnyKilroy

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You pay a little bit extra for the "supercharging" option and you can use Tesla's supercharger network free of charge for life.

I'm a Noob to all of this, but I'm having the feeling that this could come back and bite Tesla in the arse if this takes off, similar to how unlimited data has been a problem for telecom companies.

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