I don't get why people are so obsessed with what electric cars can do on the strip. How about something more real life, like how they add hours and hours to any long road trip. You need some pretty impressive acceleration to make up for that lost time.
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ElwoodBlues · M
@SooperSarah Right now, "fast charging" is limited to 350kW at public chargers. Battery packs are being developed that can charge from 10% to 80% in ten minutes at higher wattages; Polestar has demonstrated this.
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BYD and CATL To Produce EV Batteries That Fully Charge in 10 Min by the End of 2024. The world's biggest battery manufacturers, BYD and CATL, will soon ship lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery cells that can be charged from zero to 100% in ten minutes.Jun 17, 2024
deadgerbil · 26-30, M
@SooperSarah there is a misguided effort to accelerate the reliance on green energy without ensuring reliability, like how people want wind energy over nuclear (which is pretty green in its own right)
With regards to fast charging and battery longevity, batteries can be replaced. Expensive event, but people who buy normal cars assume the same risk with their engines and trans blowing out. With long road trips, people should be resting during that which allows for charging to be relatively painless
With regards to fast charging and battery longevity, batteries can be replaced. Expensive event, but people who buy normal cars assume the same risk with their engines and trans blowing out. With long road trips, people should be resting during that which allows for charging to be relatively painless
deadgerbil · 26-30, M
@SooperSarah over a journey of 500 miles north to south in the UK, Mat spent about an hour charging. He says it would maybe be 45 minutes in a petrol car with fueling and normal stops to rest etc. 15 minutes over such a large time isn't really remarkable and this is with technology from 3 years ago
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