Don't forget another reason that we like nitro so much, run time although I could be completely off here since I am just going by 10th scale current draws.

So that puts us back at 5-6 minute mains. Electric has been stuck there for ages, and maybe it has something to do with the 8th scale sized motors or maybe it is just offroad but offroad cars can get 20 minutes of runtime or more depending on numerous things. All things equal, an 8th scale with an offroad motor (don't ask why I know this) gets about 5 minutes per tank in an 8th scale car and the same motor gets about 9 minutes in offroad because of the lack of traction and fuel consumption.

I can't tell for sure but I don't see a quick change system there for the batteries (even if I did, I wouldn't want to own even half an hours worth of 4s-5s? batteries for it at around 200 each)

Then again maybe this is a good thing for tracks that eat 3 sets of 37's in an hour long main. Electric, lipo and brushless have really taken a hold in the market with a product announcement as big as this.