Electric vehicle technology has advanced tremendously in recent years, but many consumers are still reluctant to make the switch because of two main factors: driving range and charging times.
While the former is seeing rapid improvements—we now have a 520-mile EPA-rated vehicle in the Lucid Air and many other 400-plus-mile EVs—the latter could use a breakthrough. Not many people are willing to wait 20 to 60 minutes to charge their EVs to 80%—not when an internal combustion engine vehicle takes 5 minutes tops to fill up with gasoline.
