I find your points intriguing, as it leads to thinking about how maybe, just maybe, we can differentiate between “hot-swappable” and “cold-swappable” batteries. In other words, a vehicle has two types of batteries: one that is standardised and can be easily swapped out via a port in just a few minutes, the others less standardised and distributed around the frame of the vehicle. Swapping those out is doable only by a mechanic, and takes a few hours.
I also think you are on the same track as I, with swappable batteries making sense on long-haul vehicles. I would even go one step further and think something like trailers standardised upon the shipping container, a frame with the container above, the battery below, and independent motors on each wheel. The tractor is then reduced to more of a cabin for the driver and doesn’t need to be such a monster, horsepower-wise.
I could also see hot-swappable batteries coming into play in agriculture, with tractors and harvesters drawing power from Gonks: external battery packs that have their own wheels, and can be programmed to follow at the proper distance to avoid too much cable slack.
