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by nox101 722 days ago
Cars that change in 10 minutes?

https://ev.com/news/byd-and-catl-set-to-introduce-ev-batteri...

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How would that even be supplied? Megawatt circuits are the domain of industrial factories, not "gas" stations.
> How would that even be supplied?

Capacitors.

The article states that it would need 650KW to charge at 6C rates.

Huawei has already announced 600 kW DC fast chargers: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Electric-cars-in-China/Chi...

The bottleneck is the grid not terminal hardware. If a home or small business asks for a multiple MW circuit they're going to be laughed at for preposterousness. Laying harmless gigabit fiber to a new area requires permits, construction, labor, think of what becomes necessary when it's enough electrons to kill a dinosaur.