How Fast Can Electric Vehicle Chargers Actually charge an EV?

World-leading Electric Vehicle (EV) charging company, Tritium, with headquarters in Los Angeles, has developed an infographic showing the capabilities of chargers, using 10 minutes as the baseline to compare the range that can be added per 10-minute charge, as well as how quickly each charger can add 20 miles of range; this is a little over a day's worth of the average daily commute for drivers in the US.

Why?

  • Often discussion when it comes to charging infrastructure discusses the paucity of available public charge points; rarely does discussion dive into the reeds about the power of chargers, how much range they can add, and what the chargers are best used for. 
  • The UK government, for instance, is rolling out to great fanfare 1,000 streetlight chargers at a cost of GBP2.5m; Los Angeles has just rolled out 130 of these chargers across the city. While these chargers are great for "through the night" charging and address concerns among drivers about off-street charging, they won't provide what a city truly needs.
  • There is a belief that this kind of low-power infrastructure will be enough for the average driver's needs but the reality is it will deliver little more than "a false sense of range security". 
  • The infographic from Tritium aims to cut-through and provide a go-to reference for the capabilities of various chargers and what governments and companies should consider when looking at EV charging infrastructure deployments.

Tritium | https://www.tritium.com.au