Sure it doesn't exclude it, but at the same time it completely shoots down the suggestion that the patent somehow supports that claim. Right now there is zero evidence that Tesla is doing anything with Phinergy or aluminum-air. Seems like this is mostly people's wishful thinking.
In contrast, swapping of the main pack has been a claim Tesla made since the beginning.
Yes, thank you. Now can I have my thread back please?
Let's stop looking at alternative technologies and find the solution that I suspect Elon already found for battery swapping. We know that it is going to be additive to Supercharging. So, it must be for a specific use case, separate from the Supercharger use case. My original theory was that it would be used at the highest traffic supercharger locations (as opposed to installing 50 Supercharging stations). What other use case would justify having a second "refilling" solution?
There must be others.