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Pipe dreams, charging with extreme wattage is not where the research should be concentrated at. > peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW) Who will delive
by poisonborz 2y ago
Pipe dreams, charging with extreme wattage is not where the research should be concentrated at.
> peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW)
Who will deliver this in the next decades at scale? In western EU you find 150W poles at most, and that's like 10 stations/120km.
- scarab92 2y agoMy guess is that charging stations will buffer the power in high discharge capacity battery banks rather than pulling it directly from the grid in real time. Don’t many Tesla supercharger sites already do that? On batteries, my understanding is that we’ve been able to charge at these rates for quite a while now, but doing so results in a lot of heat which reduces cycle life. Have BYD solved that limiting issue?
- SapporoChris 2y agoIt's designed for China by China, the western EU limitations are not applicable. As to who will deliver this in the next decades at scale? I can only speculate: China.
- sandos 2y agoAccording to chargefinder there are hundreds, if not thousands of chargers all over Western EU with 350kW charing at least!
- poisonborz 2y agoEven 350kw (by far the newest batch) is a fraction of what would be needed here. Regardless, those station numbers are also misleading. As I wrote such chargers are most often in islands of 10-20 poles so you can divide that number. Plus 350kw is almost always shared per two stations - meaning you get half if both sides of the charger is occupied.