New Electric Car: Ultra-fast charging of 160 km in 5 minutes!
Electric car: demo of ultra-fast charging of 160 km in 5 minutes!
StoreDot performed a live demonstration of its super fast charging technology which restores 160 km of range in five minutes. A time that the company intends to reduce by more than half by 2032.
The Israeli startup StoreDot is working on a new technology intended to significantly speed up the charging of electric batteries while increasing their lifespan. StoreDot estimates that their battery does not lose performance, even after more than 1,500 recharge cycles.
At the moment, this ultra-fast technology can charge the equivalent of 160 km in just five minutes. The idea is to achieve an equivalent recharge in three minutes by 2028, then in just two minutes by 2032.
StoreDot is an expert in what is known as Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) for electric vehicles. This demonstration is not only of practical interest, but also, and above all ecological, since the longer the batteries will operate, the less they will have to be changed and therefore thrown away. The ultimate goal of this research is therefore to reduce the environmental impact of the future overproduction of batteries for electric vehicles.
Its development program has already resulted in the production of batteries capable of exceeding 1,200 consecutive fast-charging cycles without damage or loss of performance, unlike the fast-charging lithium-ion batteries currently in use. StoreDot even estimates that this performance can remain relatively high up to 1,700 cycles.
Patented active nanoparticles
These performances are due to a technology based on patented active nanoparticles which accelerate the diffusion of ions and which replace the traditional graphite anode of Lithium-ion batteries, all optimized by artificial intelligence. Here, the algorithms make it possible to automatically disconnect an overheated cell before reconnecting it once the problem has been resolved. This avoids damaging it too much and damaging the surrounding cells. It also significantly reduces the risk of fire.
The problem of the lifespan of electric batteries is fundamental, on the eve of a historic shift from thermal to all (or almost) electrified. This is why many companies and manufacturers are currently working on alternatives to the traditional lithium-ion battery.
The Chinese GAC has even become the first manufacturer to market a model equipped with a graphene-based battery, extracted from graphite, itself derived from carbon. Its main advantage is to be faster to recharge, but also more resistant and therefore less subject to wear. For its part, the American startup Our Next Energy (ONE), for example, has developed a battery capable of traveling more than 1,200 km on a single charge. It also hopes to be able to market its first products by the end of 2023.
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