Reducing the charging time of electric vehicles is crucial to increasing their popularity with the general public. In order to do so, FLO, a Quebec-based manufacturer of electric vehicle charging stations has unveiled a new model of charger that could reduce fast-charging times to only 15 minutes for most vehicles. At the moment, the fastest-charging electric vehicles on the mass market are the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and the Kia EV6 which can go from 10 to 80 per cent charge in as little as 18 minutes using a level 3 350 kW charging station. FLO’s new station claims to be able to reduce this time to 15 minutes for most EVs by using a rate of up to 320 kW on its own or 500 kW when connected to another charger. This could in theory allow drivers to top up their batteries more quickly when two or more chargers are available at a station. Read original article here.
