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BMW, VW, Ford, Daimler team up for electric vehicle charging network in Europe
- mtgx 10y agoBefore even reading the article I was about to say that I hope they chose the 350 kW charging standard. If they are going to join together to create an Europe-wide network, then it better be future-proof as well, because it's probably going to be quite hard to upgrade those networks drastically for 10-15 years after they're deployed. They probably wouldn't have the will to do it again soon together. Plus, 350 kW charging may seem like "a lot" now, but I think it will barely be enough by 2025 or so. Most EVs should have at least 100kWh batteries by then, and assuming some loss, and only 300kW charging (maybe even less), and the fact that the batteries only charge fast to 80%, then it would still take most EVs ~25 minutes to do fast-charging. Also, consider all the future EV trucks and buses with 300+ kWh batteries, for which 350kW charging will actually be quite low. Hopefully at least the fast-charging standard creators will continue to do their research, so we can eventually get to 1+ MW fast-charging, so we can charge large EVs relatively fast, and most small cars within minutes.