Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less than ten minutes

Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by BobLaw on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:21AM (#31735031)

That would be a silly way to approach it. You would be paying $40k+ per month in just demand charges some places. A much better idea is to have battery packs you can charge at constant slower rates and feed the charging station at higher burst rates. Tesla and Electrify America already do this.

https://electrek.co/2021/12/02/electrify-america-deployed-te...

https://driveteslacanada.ca/semi/tesla-megacharger-installat...

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Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by krab on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:35AM (#31735111)

Or swappable batteries if we standardize on a few sizes. You can then charge those slowly.

However that brings problems with quality control - a worn battery costs less than the new one. Maybe a model where the customer doesn't own the battery?

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Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by ccozan on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:07AM (#31735275)

Renault does that with Zoe, if I am not mistaken

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Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by gambiting on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:40AM (#31735491)

They did for a while but at least here UK there is no battery leasing anymore with Zoe. You just buy the whole car outright.

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