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As battery charges its pretty common to taper the charge rate to improve health of the battery. To my knowledge, no EV today will sit at 350kw for the full 10 t
by giobox 4y ago
As battery charges its pretty common to taper the charge rate to improve health of the battery. To my knowledge, no EV today will sit at 350kw for the full 10 to 80 percent even if it can draw this. You still get faster charge times as the full draw can usually happen at close to empty, but charge rate will taper as battery fills. 181kw average is still pretty great - there are many EVs on sale that still max draw at 50 (looking at you VW...).
- jefftk 4y agoIf the peak current draw were 350kW then I'd agree the specs were fine. I'd thought they were advertising a 10% to 80% charge because that's the period over which they can charge at max speed? Looking now, it seems like they start tapering at 50%, and it's peak draw is 235kW? https://www.arenaev.com/kia_ev6_crowned_the_best_charging_ev_in_the_latest_p3_charge_index-news-495.php https://www.arenaev.com/kia_ev6_crowned_the_best_charging_ev... (I agree this is very good, but it's still wrong to quote 350kW if they never draw this much.)