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I refer to the article “ , Aug 5”. I understand the need to build more EV charging stations to encourage the use of electric vehicles. The plan is to have 60,000 EV charging stations by 2030 and the cost may come up to millions of dollars.  There are indications that, in future, swopping EV batteries may be a growing trend for electric vehicles as more EV car manufacturers and battery makers are joining in and standardising battery specifications.  This trend is seen in China. Profitability and investment hurdles are some reasons for battery swopping not being widespread outside China. I hope the relevant authorities can consider incentivising the EV industry to promote battery-swopping services.  Battery swopping can be done quickly compared with battery charging and this could spur more drivers to switch to EVs.