Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase volumetric density

Re:Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase ... by tooltalk on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @01:31AM (#31336147)

Hyundai/Kia Ioniq 5/EV6 can do 10%-80% in 18 mins now (with sustained peak charging 235kw between 10%-45%). I guess this is a small step forward, but certainly not a breakthrough.

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Re:Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase ... by Youden on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @08:59AM (#31339306)

FWIW I own an EV6 and found the more nuanced analysis of its charging at [0] to be much more useful to me than the headline numbers.

[0]: https://insideevs.com/news/537223/kia-ev6-prototype-fast-cha...

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Re:Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase ... by brandmeyer on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:06AM (#31341067)

"That which the large print giveth, the fine print taketh away." In this case however, the charging time details haven't altered my user experience in any way. Real-world charging stops really are in the 12-15 minute range for us.

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Re:Solid-state cells will cut EV charging time and increase ... by Youden on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:38PM (#31344043)

Absolutely. I didn't mean to say "the charging is actually bad", just that I found it more nuanced than the headline number.

I really like the colourful chart they have showing different charging speeds between different charge points. Thanks to that I think I'll probably try to charge 20-80% most of the time.

I'm used to thinking about it like a phone, which is always charged to 100%, but I think with the car I'd rather keep it to 60% or so for day to day driving around town and only take it to 80% or 100% for longer trips.

I'm going to try doing these measurements for my own car though, since the article was based on a prototype.

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