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wowthatssorude t1_is3lgo0 wrote

Reply to comment by bigflamingtaco in A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced today by Wagamaga

Yikes didn’t know it was that dramatic. Luckily battery tech will keep incrementally gaining. This is why a lot of people are way too (soon) optimistic. It’s the future yes. But we’ll play it like the internet. 1995 internet to 2022 internet wasn’t overnight . But I’m sure going from 2015-2035 will be similar for electric vehicles. Isn’t density increasing about 5% a year. It adds up. And I don’t know if that 5% is accurate. Up or down.

Anyways I didn’t know the hauling was that poor on the lightning. Maybe the big semi’s can make it work sooner?

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Kelsenellenelvial t1_is3sdsc wrote

Yep, the energy density of batteries is a long way from hydrocarbons, where most of your reactant can be pulled from the atmosphere on demand. To some degree you save some weight on drivetrain and ICE, which can go into a bigger battery, but you get a lot better range increase by upsizing a gas tank than a battery.

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