Here’s something that everybody loves about electric vehicles; you don’t have to pay outrageous gas prices.
Here’s what most people don’t like about electric vehicles; you have to remember to charge the battery, or the car is not going anywhere.
Long-range trips make people a bit uneasy, knowing they are at the mercy of charging stations along the route. Gas cars generally cover 300-400 miles on a full tank, while a full charge for your Tesla or other EV will keep it on the road for 200-300 miles on average. Then it’s time to recharge, which could take valuable time you don’t have.
But technology might soon catch up and make the re-charging process much less time-consuming. Government researchers say they have found a way to charge a car’s battery up to 90% in 10 minutes. We’re five years or so from this technology being available in the market, but it’s coming,
Here’s a quote from Eric Dufek at the National Laboratory.
“The goal is to get very, very close to [times] you would see at the gas pump.”
Getting us to the point where superchargers are available has been a rocky road. There’s a very fine line between speeding up the charging process and not doing permanent damage to the battery or cause it to explode.
An added benefit of the fast charging batteries will be that car manufacturers can place smaller batteries in the car since they could be charged much quicker. The smaller batteries will lead to less expensive vehicles ultimately.
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