According to a study published Wednesday in Nature, researchers at Pennsylvania State University found a way to cut electric vehicle charging times by more than half.
The man is waiting for his car to charge.
A thin layer of nickel foil was added to the inside of the battery to help regulate the temperature.
The fast-charging method was similar to the base model of the EV market leader.
It takes about 20 minutes to reach a 250-mile range with the company's nationwide network of 35,000 high-powered chargers, while charging at home with the company's $500 wall connection or in a traditional outlet would take about six and 100 hours.
The research was funded by the Air Force, Department of Defense, Department of Energy and the University.
It takes less than two minutes to fill up a car that is running on gas.
Longer charging times were listed as the primary issue by 10% of respondents to the global automotive consumer study. EV adoption has skyrocketed in recent years, accounting for more than 5% of all new car sales in the U.S., though only a small percentage of all cars on the road are electric. A flurry of state and federal policies are designed to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road, with the Biden Administration dedicating $7.5 billion to build a nationwide charging network in February.
It's not the best option to charge the EV at home overnight.
The first funds for the national EV charging network were free by Biden.
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