Now, if you’re thinking that all this sounds too good to be true, well, that’s because it kinda is. There definitely is a catch, and that catch is the fact that these ultra-fast charging batteries require some pretty solid infrastructure for you to get the claimed nine-minute charge time. If we look at China, whose EV makers offer similar charging speeds, 480kW and sometimes even 600kW chargers are an absolute must. But even in China, charging stations of this capacity are far and few in between. You'd need a 6 mW substation to power a single 10 bay charging station.
Look at the number of gas stations in your town, then imagine the number of new substations that would have to be built to construct an equal number of charging stations.
>> Look at the number of gas stations in your town, then imagine the number of new substations that would have to be built to construct an equal number of charging stations.
Think of all the copper that can be stolen for scrap!