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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Let’s consider a simple example, say an EV conversion that has a 120V pack and a range of around 30 miles. Chrysler used this for their EPIC Minivan and could charge at a rate of about one mile per minute. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Second, the statement "the rest of your claims" are unanswerably indistinct.