Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you're still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that's if there's an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

Fully Charged in Just 6 Minutes – Groundbreaking Technique Could Revolutionize EV Charging::Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you’re still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that’s if there’s an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

  • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    Averages are useless. It does not matter if my car is fine most of the time, I’m not going to have a second car for when it is difficult or impossible.

    Hydrogen is the other tech which makes quick refuelling possible, but there are not yet enough hydrogen refuelling stations to make them feasible for most drivers. And we don’t yet know if leaks can be controlled enough to make hydrogen a net positive for consumer applications.

    • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Averages are useless. It does not matter if my car is fine most of the time

      so what, you would want to triple your battery capacity because once a year you might need it?

      why not just a rent car for that one occasion?

      • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Where did once a year come from? I can’t reach any of my family without stopping to charge most (currently affordable) EVs. We only bought a car because it was getting more expensive to rent them when needed (and train prices have doubled), we’re not going to pay twice over.

        • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          1 year ago

          so that’s what 150+ 200+ km? (and that’s being generously low given something like Hyundai Ioniq 5s range)

          is it unfathomable for you to take a 15 minute break during a trip like that?

          • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
            22·
            1 year ago

            Where are you getting 15 minutes from? Why do you keep inventing scenarios to make your point?

            • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              Why do you keep inventing scenarios to make your point?

              bruh

              At an ultra-fast 350 kW charger, IONIQ 6 can add up to 351 km of range in just 15 minutes – or charge from 10 to 80% in just 18 minutes! Hyundai’s world’s-first technology in IONIQ 5 & 6 supports both 400V and 800V charging infrastructure.

              • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
                21·
                1 year ago

                Now you want everyone to drop £50k on a car?

                Come on. Be serious.

                • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  you know BEV cars will get cheaper with time, right?

                  you also do know about used car market right?

                  be serious…

                  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    This guy: “You’re expecting people to drop 50k on a car.”

                    me: screaming in the land of 80k V12 F-150s driven by city commuters

                    (I seriously live in a dense neighborhood in the city in CA aka US liberal HQ and people here regularly buy high five to low six figure trucks they can’t fit in their condo garage…)

      • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Have you rented a car for a week? It’s prohibitedly expensive for most people, especially if it needs to be big enough for the family and a week vacation. I’m considering getting an EV, but it’s only because we’ll have my wife’s gas powered SUV to use for our longer trips, which are 1-4 times a year. That not an unusual need, and one that make exclusive EVs a no-go for a lot of people. Hybrids are an option of course.