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High-Power Fast Charging Is The Leading Cause Of EV Battery Degradation: Report

  • Batteries in electric vehicles that regularly use 100-plus-kilowatts fast chargers degrade faster than those that rely primarily on slow charging, a new study suggests.
  • Using fast chargers more frequently can cause some packs to lose nearly a quarter of their capacity in eight years, it claims.
  • We've seen other studies suggest that fast charging has little impact on long-term battery health, so it's not a settled debate.
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