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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (14 children)

There are already some charging stations in Germany offering 400kW. Still 16 minutes though. 800kW is just insane. CCS is currently capped at 500kW, so you would need MCS which is planned for trucks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Fucking hell, imagine the requirement of a couple of megawatt substation for fast charging, urban power planners must be shitting themselves.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Urban probably isn’t too bad, if it’s a proper city they already have power for the infrastructure of subways, lighting, and large buildings.

Where it’s going to be tough is putting these in the ‘burbs or the large areas of mostly vacant interstate. There’s just no infrastructure for them to build off of, and EV charging infrastructure is already one of the issues holding people back from more widely adopting them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

lol, I am picturing buried thorium salt reactors at charging stations in the boonies.

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