The biggest problem of electric vehicles which is based for the mass market is the long time it usually takes to charge batteries. But now a Japanese company called JFE Engineering now claims to have found a solution for that problem. Even a so-called “quick battery chargers” often take 30 minutes to charge a car’s battery to 80% of its capacity so this JFE’s news is big.
Their self-developed charger apparently needs just three minutes for a 50% charge, or five minutes for a 70% charge. In tests JFE conducted with the device, Mitsubishi’s electric car i-MiEV was able to drive for 80km continuously after a 5-minute charge (the vehicle has a driving range of 160km on a full charge).
Along with this JFE developed a low-cost version of its charger, which doesn’t require a power transformer and therefore costs just $60,000 to install (roughly half the usual amount). Both that device and the high-cost model meet the specifications of the CHAdeMo standard for electric cars that was brought to life by a group of Japanese and international companies back in March.JFE expects its charger to be used mainly at gas stations and convenience stores all over Japan by the end of March 2011.
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