Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you're still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that's if there's an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

Fully Charged in Just 6 Minutes – Groundbreaking Technique Could Revolutionize EV Charging::Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you’re still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that’s if there’s an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

  • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    To add in something else, I stop about every 2-3 hours and most stops take like 15-20 mins. You don’t ever charge to full. Most of the time you’re going from 20-30% up to 60-70%. It’s very fast to charge up to 60-70% but starts slowing down as you reach full.

    When I do roadtrips I start at 4-5am, make my first stop breakfast, next stop is a bathroom break of sorts, following one is lunch, next is to stretch legs, and then maybe one for a dinner or late-afternoon snack if the hotel doesn’t have a charger. This has been a reliable plan for up to a 600mi drive in one day.

    Most of the time – like the breakfast and lunch stops – the car is done charging well before I’m done. Because it takes time to wait in line to place an order, get food, eat, go to the bathroom. The other times where I need an extra few minutes to charge? I just walk around.

    Every time I roadtrip now I feel very refreshed and not exhausted at all by time I arrive. Perhaps some of it’s autopilot.

    Source: I drive a Y