If this is true, I hope more ev makers take note of Hyundai/kia having the ability to charge rather quickly at fast chargers. The faster cars can charge, the more likely people will be interested in buying them.
I’ve said it before in other threads but the top two things needed for increased ev adoption are increases in dc fast charging locations(which is sort of being handled with Tesla opening up and nacs adoption) and faster charging speeds.
It’s less about range and more about infrastructure and charging speed.
Right now, Hyundai is killing it with charge speed. 18 minutes to go from 20-80% soc? Wild. Imagine we get that down to 9 mins for things like that?
They way I see it, to get more people interested in EVs/make them more mainstream you need three things in this order.
High powered Chargers. More of them. NACS adoption will help greatly with this, but still we need more chargers in general that are at that 350kw out put range. More of those means less range anxiety on trips.
Faster charging speed. No one really wants to sit around for awhile and charge. You can negate the feeling of waiting by doing bathroom breaks and getting food, but for longer trips having the option to top off and go, like an ice would be nice. Also being able to charge faster means less cars waiting around for people to come back and unplug to free a space. So we need more cars that can do that 20-80% soc in 18 mins like Hyundai cars can. Obviously, if we can do it faster, that’s better but still.
Range. 350 miles is honestly enough for most people. More is fine, but if you have lots of fast chargers around then you don’t need as high of a range. But people like more range and it decreases anxiety.
Solar. This is extra, but would also help if solar was cheaper. Cheaper prices or more incentives for using it would help increase the use of solar, and more people might think “hey, I’ve got solar and now my cars home charging energy use can be negated by daily solar charging gains.
It’s just that you will always be able to charge faster.
You run into a lot with only 50kw charger available? Well you will still likely pull in more than 50kw, meaning your stop is shorter.