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Right, but those can't really compare to four wheeled vehicles where batteries are much bigger and harder to swap. I wonder how is the battery ownership working - you probably don't own the battery?
There are different plans with options to own batteries or rent them or both. Last I checked they were in the 3rd Gen of interchangeable batteries that work with 1st Gen units but expand power capacity.
(Originally 1.35kwh now 1.75kwh; I just googled)
So, 6 would get about 30 miles range in a car and be at the modern 300v minimum if run in series. 8 would be enough for the average American commute of 40 miles (round trip).
While that math does work out to 60 battery packs to get a 300 mile range, I don't think that much range would be necessary since the battery swap time is so much faster than recharging. That would mean building out a fairly massive battery swap network, but it's already been done successfully in some countries.