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Researchers Have Developed New Battery Technology which will Charge Your EV In 10 Minutes



Researchers at Penn State may have found  how  to make EVs even more appealing.

The university has just unveiled  a replacement  battery technology that has the potential to cut charging times in half for EVs. The technology could also reduce  the dimensions  of the batteries, something  about  guaranteed to improve their performance in other ways, including range.

The researchers’s findings were made public  during a  study published in the journal Nature earlier this week. The new technology, which was developed  together  with university-backed startup EC Power, is  an indoor  thermal modulation system for EV batteries. An ultra-thin nickel foil is added to the structure of the battery that helps regulate temperature, keeping it “hot, but not too hot,” without  the necessity  for bulky heating and cooling systems,  consistent with  the school. Not only would this  leave  10-minute charge times, but it could also reduce battery size by up to two-thirds. A smaller battery would more efficiently store energy  and price  less.



Ford F-150 bidirectional charger

“Our fast-charging technology works  for many  energy-dense batteries and will open a new possibility to downsize electric vehicle batteries from 150 to 50 kWh without causing drivers to feel range anxiety,” Chao-Yang Wang, the university’s William E. Diefenderfer Professor of  engineering  and lead author of the study, said  during a  statement. “The smaller, faster-charging batteries will dramatically  hamper  battery cost and usage of critical raw materials such as cobalt, graphite and lithium, enabling mass adoption of affordable electric cars.”

Long charging times are currently viewed  together  of the main drawbacks of EVs,  consistent with  Forbes. One in ten  people that  responded to Deloitte’s 2022 Global Automotive Survey cited it as their primary issue with driving a battery-powered vehicle. Ten minutes  remains  five times as long as it takes to fill a gas-powered car’s tank, but it’s  a particular  step in the right direction.

EC Power is currently trying to manufacture and commercialize the new battery,  consistent with  Penn State. The timing couldn’t be better, as EVs  appeared to  have hit a tipping point over the last couple years. While they currently only represent five percent  of latest  vehicles sold, and  one-hundredth  of those on the road, adoption is quickly increasing. On top of this, the  previous couple of  months have seen both the EU and the state of California announce plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by the middle of the next decade.

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