One of the major drawbacks of electric vehicles – aside from limited range – is lengthy recharge times. Stopping for a quick fill is the norm with fossil-fueled vehicles, but not so with plug-ins. Nissan is working on a solution to the problem, though: a ten-minute charger.
Nissan's revolutionary rapid charger is being developed in conjunction with Kansai University in Osaka, Japan. Nissan and Kansai University discovered that by switching the electrode in a carbon capacitor to tungsten oxide and vanadium oxide, they could increase the charger's output by leaps and bounds, allowing for a zero-to-80-percent-capacity recharge in roughly ten minutes.
Unfortunately, Nissan says it may take up to a decade to perfect this rapid-charge technology and to make it available at the consumer level. Will ten-minute charging be just what everyone wants ten years from now? Let us know in Comments below.
Nissan's revolutionary rapid charger is being developed in conjunction with Kansai University in Osaka, Japan. Nissan and Kansai University discovered that by switching the electrode in a carbon capacitor to tungsten oxide and vanadium oxide, they could increase the charger's output by leaps and bounds, allowing for a zero-to-80-percent-capacity recharge in roughly ten minutes.
Unfortunately, Nissan says it may take up to a decade to perfect this rapid-charge technology and to make it available at the consumer level. Will ten-minute charging be just what everyone wants ten years from now? Let us know in Comments below.
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