A new wave of ultra-fast charging stations can fill up an electric vehicle in the time it takes to brew a pot of coffee. That is, if the cars’ batteries can keep up.
One company, the Australia-based Tritium, says it can provide drivers about 210 miles of charge in just 10 minutes — a feat that would shatter prior standards.
To put Tritium’s claims in perspective, an average electric vehicle, with a normal charger, takes about eight hours to fully charge.
And Tritium isn’t alone in their quest.
A European consortium of auto manufacturers that include BMW Group, Ford, and Volkswagen called Ionity has invested in the company’s charging stations as a preemptive move according to a recent report by Bloomberg.
‘The charging capacities of electric vehicles have doubled in the space of a few years,’ Volkswagen told Bloomberg in an email.
‘We expect that fast-charging in public spaces will become the norm.’
Across Europe, Ionity is in the process of building 400 stations which will have as many as six ultra-fast chargers at each.
Shell also began to roll out ultra-fast chargers in Europe last year.
As EV infrastructure and car companies look to get ahead of the curve, however, battery manufacturers are struggling to advance their technology quickly enough to meet the chargers half way.
Most cars are not yet compatible with ultra-fast charging and according to CEO of electric infrastructure company ABB, who spoke at a recent conference in Houston, and the process of trying to develop a viable ultra-fast charger can be dangerous.
WHAT IS ULTRA-FAST CHARGING?
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