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>Will there be enough charging stations to avoid the problems of queues that take longer than a day to recharge all the cars that need it? I dont know where yo
by incomingpain 4y ago
>Will there be enough charging stations to avoid the problems of queues that take longer than a day to recharge all the cars that need it?
I dont know where you live but practically everywhere I ever want to drive has level 3 chargers available. I also tend to find most chargers arent in use. There's a surprising amount of chargers now. Fueling up at home is even possible, if not preferred. Charging wont really ever be a problem. If Chargepoint sees some location is popular and always busy, it's good business to build more chargers. They profit off what they can charge per kwh and what they pay for the kwh.
>Is the fast charging technology likely to improve fast enough to make this problem disappear?
Oh ya, level 3 charging while keeping the battery between 20-80% means you can charge full speed. Call this around 200kw, which means generally you're charging at 1000km/h. Which means about realistically speaking your time to charge 20-80% is really only about 20-25minutes in current cars.
>Are there alternative to horizontal (load balancing over multiple stations) and vertical (faster chargers) scale ups?
Charging isn't really a problem. True years ago but not anymore.