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by Sohcahtoa82 251 days ago
> I bought Hyundai, which charges 2x faster than the Tesla

Your Hyundai charges at 500 kW?
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verdverm 251 days ago
There's more to charging than peak kW, notably sustained throughput

The amount of range you can put into the EV, per unit of time, is a better metric.

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/electric-car-charging.html

Hyundai has been on the 800V arch for a while with their E-GMP platform, Tesla's first entry is the 25th spot.

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Sohcahtoa82 251 days ago
Huh...that is interesting. TIL.

I wonder why the Tesla is not able to maintain the high charging rate? Both peak at about the same kW.

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dboreham 251 days ago
I don't think that's true. Afaik Tesla (except Cybertruck) have 400V charging limited to 250kW while the other vehicles have 800V charging allowing 350kW or so.
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bmicraft 251 days ago
Maybe the car is more efficient and it's twice the rate in "driveable distance-charged" per unit of time?
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