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echaa t1_j1n6ek4 wrote

Reply to comment by Schemen123 in New Nio 500 kW ultra-fast Power Charger 3.0 can charge a car from 10-80% in only 12 minutes by Surur

A quick googling says an average nuclear plant generates about 1 GW. That's about 2,000 cars to consume the output of an entire power plant. 500kW is an absurd power draw for a car. We're going to need massive upgrades for the electric grid as EVs become more popular.

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Schemen123 t1_j1n9i3g wrote

Yeah comparing installed power to used work.. slow clap.. Watt and Joule are properly rotating in their graves.

You only need to recharge whatever is used and that isn't all that much more than currently provided by the net.

Plus

Those 500kW are also just peak power and will only be required for a few minutes per charging cycle. 500kW flat would charge even an EQS in less than 12 minute from 0 to 100 while in reality you never will see a flat 500kW consumption.

In the end those 2000 500kW chargers will maybe pull half at peak power and that only for a few minutes per day distributes over thousands of square kilometers.

Because no one will need that much one location.

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