Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

Seth Fletcher’s fine Op-Ed article, “Electric Avenue” (May 10), suggests that the batteries of the electric cars of the future will still require recharging. I disagree.

My expectation is that fully charged battery blocks will be waiting for the cars at the stations and will be swapped to replace the depleted ones in one minute.

I also expect that the swap will be automatically detected and the cost charged to the credit card of the customer.

BÉLA LIPTÁK
Stamford, Conn., May 10, 2011

The writer is the author of “Post-Oil Energy Technology.”

Note from KBJ: I hope I die before we are reduced to electric cars.