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> As charging stations become plentiful & convenient (read: very fast) battery size will naturally decrease Batteries are currently outperformed by the chargin
by clouddrover 4y ago
> As charging stations become plentiful & convenient (read: very fast) battery size will naturally decrease
Batteries are currently outperformed by the charging stations. There are no passenger EVs that can make full use of a 350 kW charger for 10-80% of the charge curve.
Even something like the Hummer EV, which has a 212 kWh usable pack and can pull 350 kW at low states of charge, can only sustain that up to about 25% state of charge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kpmXfCFamU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kpmXfCFamU
To have a smaller battery pack charge at 350 kW you'd need a new chemistry with a very high C-rate to sustain it for a good chunk of the charge curve.