I'm curious what sort of possibilities there are for rapid charging
I think that eventually "gas" (or whatever they'd be called) stations will provide precharged batteries service: they will remove drained battery (or part of the battery, if it is not monolithic) from car and install a fresh, charged one. Probably, it won't take more time than refueling with gas, as soon as car makers will provide the easy/standard way to install/deinstall car batteries. Also these "gas" stations will be responsible for properly recycling the old ones.
The car makers could develop a standard interface to batteries, and battery and car industries could be totally decoupled. It could be like low voltage devices and AA batteries we use today.
Consumers still can use a long "wall outlet" recharging if they want to, for example, if "precharged batteries service" is not available in their area.
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I think that eventually "gas" (or whatever they'd be called) stations will provide precharged batteries service: they will remove drained battery (or part of the battery, if it is not monolithic) from car and install a fresh, charged one. Probably, it won't take more time than refueling with gas, as soon as car makers will provide the easy/standard way to install/deinstall car batteries. Also these "gas" stations will be responsible for properly recycling the old ones.
The car makers could develop a standard interface to batteries, and battery and car industries could be totally decoupled. It could be like low voltage devices and AA batteries we use today.
Consumers still can use a long "wall outlet" recharging if they want to, for example, if "precharged batteries service" is not available in their area.