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Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by Maxion on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:33AM (#31735432)
I don't see the charge rate as a problem. [The new MCS standard for trucks will charge at around 3 MW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt_Charging_System), so clearly it is entirely possible to deal with even larger cooling needs than a 720kW system would entail.

There are already superchargers with multiple chargers that can in total handle way more than 720 kW.

The biggest issue when there are many super fast chargers operating at 1000v will be handling voltage spikes in the power grid.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less th... by kube-system on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:38AM (#31735474)
I think they were suggesting a potential difficulty in cooling the cells, not the connector. Trucks may have 3MW but divided across many more cells.
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