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EDGEMAN
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Just looking for a standard form factor.

Take a PC's ATX form factor as a great example of what I'm talking about. Per the linked article, you have the ATX, MicroATX and Mini-ITX motherboard sizes. As technology grows, chips change/improve, RAM changes/improves, but the form factor stays the same. I think this should be the case with battery packs for EVs and hybrids. Settle on standard sizes, and require that for all vehicles sold in America.
Link: What are the Different Motherboard Form Factors?
Posted: 03/03/2025 at 01:38 PM ET
(In response to this post by ME Hokie 07)

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Rivian? Perhaps a collectors car in future like old DeLorean.
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Lot of them here
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/02/25 10:54 PM ET
Range Rovers abound here. Plus Tesla, and the odd Porche Suv.**
ColoVT82 • 03/03/25 08:40 AM ET
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CrystalCoveHokie • 03/02/25 03:55 PM ET
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turkeywinghokie • 03/02/25 02:34 PM ET
tell him the headlights look stupid**
HokieDan95 • 03/02/25 03:10 PM ET
No jit. Awful**
ColoVT82 • 03/02/25 09:41 PM ET
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MAHokie69 • 03/02/25 08:03 PM ET
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Spud • 03/02/25 01:58 PM ET
I would like to see EVs & hybrids have a standard for the battery
EDGEMAN • 03/02/25 06:02 PM ET
I think that's a good idea in the long run but given how fast battery tech
ME Hokie 07 • 03/03/25 01:01 PM ET
Just looking for a standard form factor. ◄
EDGEMAN • 03/03/25 01:38 PM ET
or a new one **
B777Fr8Dog • 03/02/25 03:52 PM ET
Or buy a new Land Cruiser or Pilot**
EDGEMAN • 03/02/25 06:10 PM ET
They only lose maybe 1-2% a year. Should be good 15-20 years. **
reestuart • 03/02/25 03:10 PM ET
It depends on how good the battery conditioning system is on the vehicle.
EDGEMAN • 03/02/25 06:03 PM ET
but a two year old Rivian seems like a long time off for a new battery?**
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/02/25 02:37 PM ET
Exactly. To me it's like buying a used phone, but way more expensive and
Vtskier1 • 03/02/25 02:03 PM ET