9 July

One of the misunderstood things about charging EVs is that it takes a long time. It can take quite a while if you want to charge them to 100%. The chemistry of batteries currently requires you to charge them slowly for the last 10-20%. But you can charge that first 80% very fast. And that’s what people do, at public chargers now. They charge to 80%, which may take only 10 minutes. That’s about the same time it takes you to get petrol. That 80% gives them hundreds of kilometres of range, more than enough. They can top up that last 10-20% at home.