Right you are. The energy needed for 1000 mile drive is a lot of kilowatts. To transfer so many kilowatts in 5 minutes? There is no such infrastructure possible in practical situations.
Homer Simpson can charge his car at work.
There is no such infrastructure possible in practical situations.
“The energy needed for 1000 mile drive is a lot of kilowatts. “
Uh, kilowatts is a measure of power, NOT energy.
For a short time I worked for an electric car startup that eventually gave up on the idea of making a car, and swapped over to “megawatt charging”. This would require that kind of technology and THEN some I think.
(FWIW, the company went out of business, so their technology is no more).
“Right you are. The energy needed for 1000 mile drive is a lot of kilowatts. To transfer so many kilowatts in 5 minutes? There is no such infrastructure possible in practical situations.”
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Depends on how much energy gets lost in terms of heat during the charging process. If they can get better efficiency during the charging process(less loss due to less heat) with these batteries then perhaps this would help mitigate stresses on the electric grid! Brute force charging might be a real stressor but if there is an option for a gentler but longer charging period with these batteries...say and hour or two, then the electric grids might not be in such danger.