Charging times are not limited by battery tech (in a real world situation), but by the amount of power that can be drawn from the grid at the charging point. That means that if you have 4 charging stations, but only one car plugged in, you might get your current EV charged in 40min. But if 4 people turn up, it'll take 2 and a half hours for all of them. Having a battery that can be charged 3 times faster won't mean shit unless you have a several MW connection to the grid at every charging station. That requires an order of magnitude increase in the grid capacity, which means effectively replacing the entire electricity grid.
Charging times are not limited by battery tech (in a real world situation), but by the amount of power that can be drawn from the grid at the charging point.
That means that if you have 4 charging stations, but only one car plugged in, you might get your current EV charged in 40min. But if 4 people turn up, it'll take 2 and a half hours for all of them. Having a battery that can be charged 3 times faster won't mean shit unless you have a several MW connection to the grid at every charging station. That requires an order of magnitude increase in the grid capacity, which means effectively replacing the entire electricity grid.
We all know that's not going to happen. They won't even maintain the one we have!
We all know that's not going to happen. They won't even maintain the one we have!
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