Saturday 7 August 2010

Holy Grail of Electric Vehicles: 30-minute Charging

With electric vehicles coming closer to maturity and mass-market adoption, one crucial stumbling block remains in place: limited range made worse by hours-long charging.
Consumers may dump the idea of buying an EV with a range of 75 to 100 miles because they can only get so far before needing another charge to replenish the vehicles batteries and at present, fully charging an EV can take hours and even an overnight length of time.
The New York Times has a story that looks at one of the solutions aside from fast-charging batteries; high-voltage quick chargers.

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