In just 10 minutes, a modification to the way electric cars are charged could allow them to get 90 percent battery life. It would take half an hour.
The person is Jeremy Hsu.
It is possible to hit 90 percent charge within 10 minutes from empty. Current methods take half an hour to charge an electric vehicle.
Gil Tal at the University of California, Davis, was not involved in the study. The researchers are trying to get more time with higher power.
Eric Dufek and his colleagues at the Idaho National Laboratory were able to use artificial intelligence to look at how changing factors affect battery lifespan. Dufek says you can do things like ramping or decreasing the current.
In order to protect the battery's long-term health, the team came up with a new charging protocol that can charge a standard electric vehicle battery from zero to 90 percent in 10 minutes.
Lin is not involved with fast charging and battery health. People squeezing through a door is similar to that. If all 100 people rush into the room, we're going to get stuck and we don't get as many people into the room within that short amount of time. The door may be broken if you rush so many people into a room.
The basic chemistry of the batteries used in electric vehicles is the same as what has been learned about the protocol. The protocol needs to be adjusted based on the battery pack design.
Updating the software in cars that control electric vehicle charging could be used to implement the protocol. It is an improvement with no cost. You can improve with the existing infrastructure and technology.
Extreme fast charging for most vehicles won't be the main factor that makes it possible. New battery chemistries, bigger battery designs, and faster charging station technology are some of the things he expects to see the most improvement in.
The work was presented at a meeting.
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