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

  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You have different priorities, and that’s fine. You don’t need to go around acting like your opinion is the only valid one though.

    If nothing else, you say 15 minutes as if that’s always how long it’ll be. In an ideal world, yes. Have you not heard/read the multitude of people who have problems with chargers though? Waiting on others to finish, broken chargers, chargers not going their rated speed, etc.

    15 minutes isn’t bad. With all I’ve read I just think it’s going to typically be longer than that and I don’t want to add hour(s) to a long trip just because of charging.

    For me, vehicle cost of a plug-in hybrid would be the biggest factor. I haven’t really looked since I’m not in the market for one just yet. I can’t imagine it’s going to be worth fixing my 17 y/o Prius for much longer though. While they do need ICE and electric parts, they don’t need nearly the battery capacity. It’s not just slapping on an ICE to something like a Tesla where there would only be extra cost.