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Gasoline is burned at about 30-40% efficiency in cars while charging a battery is above 90%, probably over 95% (after the charger losses, that is whats going ac
by SigmundA 5y ago
Gasoline is burned at about 30-40% efficiency in cars while charging a battery is above 90%, probably over 95% (after the charger losses, that is whats going across the cable into car).
So with a gas pump your looking at more like 7-8MW equivalent. Even then EV's are more efficient at spending the energy with regenerative braking and no idle losses etc. which is why you 100+MPGe. So your probably closer to 3-4MW to get equivalent charge times as filling a normal car gas tank at like 2-3 minutes for similar range.
HPCVC charging spec is being worked on for 3 megawatts but its really targeted for charging large vehicles like Semi's but I would imagine that would trickle down to normal cars at some point if the issues of charging a battery that fast can be worked out.