Unicorns, Bigfoot, Nessie And Now T H I S...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4508314/Electric-car-battery-fully-charged-FIVE-minutes.html And just who is going to strengthen the electrical grid for this? I believe in science...
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Hi Mex. Hows it going down there. I saw some info on this a few months back. Looks interesting. I don't think the challenge is the grid as many modern countries are not having a problem dealing with the electrification of transportation. I think some of the challenges will be the connectors from the charge stations that need to deal with that kind of current. Right now the new Chademo station hardware is being sized to deal with 300 KW connectors and they are BIG and look heavy. All the new Chademo stations going in between LA and Vegas will have the hardware although the CHademo chargers themselves (gen 2) will be less than 1/2 of that. The existing Chademo staions are only 50KW and they have some heft to them. There has been some talk of liquid cooled connecters for all the Electric busses as they are 350 KW charge speeds. Times are a changin my friend. The grid will adapt. We are seeing the number of DC fast charge stations doubling in the next two years in our province. Once starbucks figures out they can sell drivers 3 dollar coffees while they are waiting for their vehicles to charge I'm sure there will be a DCFC at every Starbucks. :) Sadly this works on us as we tend to go to fast chargers that are close to Starbucks. sigh....how sad is that.
Que te vayas bien amigo.
John
Que te vayas bien amigo.
John
