If you can’t charge at home, forget it.
What would the charge time be for this at the current high end up scaled charging set ups that currently cost EV customers many thousands to install?
and, can those consumers count on their local grid supplyi ng their very expensive charging station with sufficient juice to operate at peak?
“If you can’t charge at home, forget it.”
I’m sure you’ll still be able to charge at home, but it would take a hell of a lot longer than 9 minutes - more like many hours.
You figure that for it to go 600 miles it has to store about 150KWh. with a 240, 50amp home charger it would take about 12 hours for a complete charge. and cost you around $60 in California at the current electric rate (less in most other states). Which really isn’t bad, and unless you’re going on a long trip, you don’t need a full charge - a couple hundred miles a day would more than suffice, which would take only a couple of hours of charging time at home.
As far as I’m concerned the most important spec for a battery is charging time. Range is secondary. I’d be perfectly happy with a 5-10 minute charging time and a 300miles range. On long trip I usually stop every 150 miles anyways for bathroom breaks and just to rest a bit.