http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/ Engadget Comments for Europe gets first fast-charging EV station, hungers for more http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/i think you'll grow to love 100% torque throughout the whole rpm range]]>May 26th 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
because fully electric vehicles have gears?]]>May 26th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
Sincerely,
-Your friends at BP.

p.s. That oil spill they say is going on right now? Never. happened.]]>May 26th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
Gundam-wise this is a poor choice of name for product.]]>May 26th 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/For your sake, I hope so too.]]>May 26th 2010 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
Very clever.]]>May 26th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
The practicalities of charging more than a few cars at once is likely to rule this kind of tech out long term.

Seems to me the EU have rushed to make a standard to appear green but actually the practicalities have not been thought out. It's exactly the same as the bio-fuels has from 2008/9.

We need energy dense fuel. Traditional b8terz are never going to be the answer. Now... use the electricity to split water into Oxygen and Hydrogen so the car can refuel fully in less than a minute and you're onto a winner.]]>May 26th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/Then it wouldn't matter that it was energy inefficient and we could drive round in Hydrogen powered cars]]>May 26th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
How does 0-50% of the charge in under 3 minutes?
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/05/07/new-battery-charger-is-supposedly-really-fast-from-0-to-50-per/

The tech is there, all it takes is thinking out of the box. By The Way, electric charging stations should and will be placed in restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, professional plazas, etc. The idea is that you will be able to plug wherever you go, and 30 minutes is more than adequate for this scenario.]]>May 26th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
That way I am not spending 30 minutes at the station, and have to plan for it.

Sorry, trying to bring logic into it, I know.]]>May 26th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 27th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
Dublin unveils first charging points in national network]]>May 26th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/i/2964/]]>May 26th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/May 26th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/europe-gets-first-fast-charging-ev-station-hungers-for-more/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/21/standardized-ev-plug-could-be-adopted-within-months-says-gm/

Obviously GM (and all of the manufacturers that agreed to the standard) arn't worried about making their electric cars able to change this fast.

Now, 10 - 20 years from now when battery technology has advanced and can handle this sort of current, the connector will need to be replaced and we'll have to have a transition between these two connectors, and we'll have a huge disaster with charging stations requiring two different connectors and compatibility issues. All because GM didn't want to put parts in the connector that handled more current.

I'm not even talking about the cabling or the electronics in the car, that's what I would call a vehicle specific thing.]]>May 26th 2010 5:25PM