Nissan has developed electric vehicle charging technology in 10 minutes

Electric cars are good for everyone, with the exception of a couple of drawbacks: the need to develop the infrastructure of ElectroAZS, plus a long charging time. If the car is charging in the garage, then everything is fine, but if it is discharged somewhere in the middle of the road, then in Europe you can’t find a specialized charging station, not to mention the CIS countries, where there are practically no electric vehicles. Perhaps Nissan will be able to solve the problem of the need to charge an electric car for a couple (or even all eight) hours.

The new technology, developed jointly by Nissan and Kansai Univercity, allows you to charge electric car batteries in just 10 minutes. According to the developers, this possibility arises as a result of replacing conventional carbon electrodes in electric vehicle batteries with electrodes made of vanadium oxide and tungsten oxide. This can significantly increase the current density, without the risk of damage to the battery. All other battery specifications remain the same.

It is clear that if a technological innovation is introduced and widespread, electric vehicles will become much more popular. Unfortunately, this technology needs further improvement and commercialization. According to experts, it may take several years before this technology is widely adopted. In addition to Nissan, other companies are engaged in similar developments, but so far no particularly encouraging news has been heard. True, JFE Engineering announced the achievement of a result of 3 minutes (full charge of the battery), but so far it has not been heard about the release of this technology “into the people”.

However, companies produce less expensive car chargers. The cost of some new models of charging stations is about 10 thousand dollars, which is much less than the cost of older models of chargers. But still, the price is quite high, and it is clear that all this affects the final cost of the electric car itself.

Via nydailynews