The time it takes to refuel electric cars has been a huge disadvantage when compared to gas-powered vehicles.
General Motors has begun a new partnership with Delta Americas to develop a new technology which will enable its vehicles to rapidly recharge their batteries and provide up to 180 miles of range in just 10 minutes.
The new technology is able to provide a staggering 96.5 percent grid-to-vehicle efficiency, a three percent increase than current technology, partly thanks to the use of solid-state transformers. Delta Americas, expects to have the final prototype of its Extreme Fast Charger (XFC) ready by 2020, and GM expects to have its fleet of 20 vehicles ready only three years later, by 2023.
Read the article at MSN.
