Perhaps one of the reasons why the popularity of electric cars is limited is because we have to charge the car batteries for hours and hours, and we can’t find a schedule to charge them, as we are already too busy with our daily lives. Is there something that can make electric cars more appealing? Can we charge car batteries at a much faster rate? Hopefully, the answer is yes.
...Penn State engineers have just figured out how to charge car batteries in 10 minutes for 200-300 miles of driving. “Fast charging is the key to enabling widespread introduction of electric vehicles,” says Chao-Yang Wang, who published his team’s work in Joule.
What’s the secret? FInd out over at Fast Company.
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