Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Photos: BYD’s new EVs go 250 miles after just 5 minutes of charging (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Charging this fast is mostly useful for highways. Trucks already need 1mw charging, even if those announced so far are lower voltage. Highways have easier access to this power for not needing to share with a lot of other users. Fast charging will typically degrade battery life. In suburbs/cities, batteries, solar, hydrogen and other EVs can help a station keep up with fast charging one vehicle paying a premium for fast charging.

China infrastructure just moves much faster than elsewhere.