While it news-releasey, if the info here is correct, it really is a major step forward.
Electric Vehicles, like petroleum-driven ones, need refueling. That problem for EVs is increased by both low range and the time it takes to recharge. Nobody wants to get stuck somewhere at a charging station that’s going to take an hour to do its job, whether running errands or going on a long trip.
Worse, long charge times tie up recharging infrastructure. That infrastructure is already a problem for EVs — it’s not like there’s a charging station at every major city intersection or overpass on the interstate. If a car is tied up twenty, thirty, sixty minutes or longer, then any other EVs that need a charge at that rare spot will have to wait — or extra charging stations will need installation, at higher cost, and with more dubious return on investment for someone betting on how many EVs need charging.
But a battery that lasts two hundred miles and just takes six minutes to charge? Heck, I’ve had stops at the gas station that were significantly longer than that. That, suddenly, makes EVs that much more practical.
A new electric car battery lasts for 200 miles and charges in just 6 minutes
These batteries could be in cars as soon as next year.
That is a giant leap forward, now to get charging stations every 100 miles or so.
Charging a Tesla Model S, with its 90 kWh battery, in 6 minutes would need a 900 kW charger. There’s no way round that. Tesla’s Supercharger gives up to 120 kW per car, so we will need a serious increase in charging ability to use this.
+Stan Pedzick Well this is promising.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/10/04/seven-western-governors-aim-to-charge-up-electric.html
+Dave Hill yeah, posted that earlier in the week.