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You will soon be able to recharge your electric car as fast and easily as a traditional gasoline fill-up. The trouble is “soon” is likely to be least 4 and maybe 8 years or more away.
When and if that happens – there are many tough hurdles to jump as technology that works a treat in the laboratory needs to be scaled up for mass manufacture – the final reason not to buy an electric car will disappear, the current other major obstacles being price and range anxiety. We are promised ever lower electric car prices and longer range. Recent news about faster battery charging has excited electric car visionaries.
Israel’s StoreDot claims its 5-minute fill-up is getting closer, with its improved lithium-ion technology. StoreDot’s claims are underlined by its serious array of financial backers which include BP, Mercedes parent Daimler, TDK of Japan…