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18 minutes to 80% charge in the 800v cars. Furthermore: for all the whining people do about "sitting around waiting for it to charge", those people convenientl

18 minutes to 80% charge in the 800v cars. Furthermore: for all the whining people do about "sitting around waiting for it to charge", those people conveniently leave out all the time they spend driving to/from and waiting at a gas station...whereas many EV owners just get home and take about 30 seconds to plug in. So, for the tradeoff of having to wait ~20 minutes instead of 5 to fuel up on a long trip, you get to not spend ~5 minutes every week or two driving to a gas station and filling up. Most Americans don't even drive enough per day to make it necessary to have level 2 in-home charging.

jamiek88 3y ago
And it works well too. My Kia ev6 goes from 20 to 80 percent in 18mins. Leaving home on full charge gets me around 280 miles on freeway (Circa 310 just pootling round town ev’s are opposite to ice like that). It’s better to drive at normal 75mph ish freeway speed and just fast charge rather than worrying about range and ‘hyper miling’. The 800v system is great real world. We are on west coast and charging infra is decent though even non Tesla.