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Written by Paul Horrell
It"s all very well having an electric car that"ll go 300 miles or more between charges. And many of the cars from this year"s Paris Motor Show are supposed to do that, as well as upcoming production metal such as the Porsche Mission E and Audi Q6 eTron. But what happens when it finally runs flat? The more capacity the battery has to begin with, the more read longer recharging it"ll need. Unless of course, the charger is blazingly powerful.Porsche has set itself the task of developing such a charger. The next job is persuading other manufacturers to adopt it. And that"s much harder. But if they don"t agree a common standard for the plug and power rating and connector electronics and payment system, the chances of a swift take-up of all these long-distance EVs is going to take a severe knocking.Porsche is taking the lead developing such a charger for the whole VW Group. Porsche boss Oliver Blume told Top Gear: "We are in contact with other manufacturers and suppliers around the world to build a fast-charging network. Everybody has the same need."It sounds easy but getting the details agreed is hard. We already have the clear technical concept. It can even work with Teslas, with an adapter."
Date written: 3 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5281
It"s all very well having an electric car that"ll go 300 miles or more between charges. And many of the cars from this year"s Paris Motor Show are supposed to do that, as well as upcoming production metal such as the Porsche Mission E and Audi Q6 eTron. But what happens when it finally runs flat? The more capacity the battery has to begin with, the more read longer recharging it"ll need. Unless of course, the charger is blazingly powerful.Porsche has set itself the task of developing such a charger. The next job is persuading other manufacturers to adopt it. And that"s much harder. But if they don"t agree a common standard for the plug and power rating and connector electronics and payment system, the chances of a swift take-up of all these long-distance EVs is going to take a severe knocking.Porsche is taking the lead developing such a charger for the whole VW Group. Porsche boss Oliver Blume told Top Gear: "We are in contact with other manufacturers and suppliers around the world to build a fast-charging network. Everybody has the same need."It sounds easy but getting the details agreed is hard. We already have the clear technical concept. It can even work with Teslas, with an adapter."
Date written: 3 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5281
