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It has some benefits to both consumers and automotive industry.
I live in an apartament block, as do many people. Can't really charge when parking by the street. If I could go into subscription like service with a charging network where I don't own the battery outright and just swap it at gas stations that solves a lot of issues. It's faster than charging and I don't have to own a battery outright which lowers initial investment. That battery doesn't even have to have that great of a range either. Car company / charging network or whoever does the battery leasing benefits long term because they can charge more overall.
Why can't you charge on the street? You could have parking meter type slow chargers.
Those need to get electricity from somewhere and in many countries overall infrastructure is woefully unprepared for large scale deployment of this type, not to mention being unprepared for how renewable energy is produced and stored. It's also quite vulnerable to vandalism.
This is literally a huge pile of batteries that can charge at any rate at any time. It can soak the noon peak of solar, it can sip late night wind.