• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    That doesn’t mean that advances haven’t been constantly occurring

    No one said they haven’t. Please note the “world changing” part of my comment. I’m not talking about iterative advancements, I’m talking about things like solid-state and sodium batteries. Things we’ve been reading about for decades that are quantum leaps in battery technology.

    In the case of the OP, we’re talking about doubling battery density and charging speeds well in excess of what you could actually ever get to the car.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      As I mentioned in my other response, our battery capacity and longevity has increased by a factor of 10 in the last 30 years. Charging capacity has increased significantly, as well. And the only reason we don’t have more powerful chargers is because we haven’t needed them. It will certainly require a different configuration to charge twice as fast, probably with local power storage to reduce the burden on the electrical grid, but the only technical challenge is the power draw, and there are a number of ways to avoid that.