As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/as-ev-batteries-improve-chargepoint-debuts-600-kw-fast-charger/

by PaulHoule • 2 months ago

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4fterd4rk2• 2 months ago

Probably useful for trucks, marginal utility for your typical EV owner. Articles like this seem to be speaking to people who don't own an EV and are still focused on the ICE car model of "plugging in" your car periodically at a public location. That isn't how EVs work for the vast majority of people.

NetMageSCW• 2 months ago

Why do EVangalists constantly think people don’t take road trips in cars, when the vast majority do?

Reducing 20 - 30 minute stops to 10 - 15 minutes is very worthwhile for road trips, and makes shorter range vehicles usable for those trips.

4fterd4rk2• 2 months ago

That is a marginal improvement to a use case that, for most people, happens once or twice a year tops.

bdcravens• 2 months ago

You're right, but many EVs today can't take full advantage of the faster chargers currently available. I have one of the faster charging vehicles available (EV6) and even at 350kW chargers, I've never seen faster than 200kW, and usually much lower than that.

officeplant• 2 months ago

I like the current 30-45minute charging stops. Gives me more time to piss and stretch than the typical stop for gas.

ZeroGravitas• 2 months ago

This is their first model that will be rolled out in the EU and the US so they might be more likely to see faster charging EVs including some that would peak at nearly twice that speed.

JumpCrisscross• 2 months ago

Probably also useful for taxi and ridesharing fleets in cities.

devolving-dev• 2 months ago

Right now, EVs are only good for people who have houses with garages that let them charge. If you need to use street parking or something then EVs don't work. But maybe if such technology improves everyone can use EVs.

tonyedgecombe• 2 months ago

I must tell my brother in law that as he has neither a garage nor off street parking but has been driving an EV for the last five years.

circuit10• 2 months ago

If there are charge points in the street or there’s a way to run a cable there then I don’t see why that has to be an issue

thibaut_barrere• 2 months ago

BYD has cars supporting this afaik. And working in the electrical charging point data sector at the moment, we see that fast charge is a breaking point to make people decide the switch is worth it.

As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger

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