% But has a cheapo half-powered 3kW on-board L2 charger % http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/25/milestone-chevy-spark-has-the-option-to-charge-in-20-minutes/ Milestone: Chevy Spark Has The Option To Charge In 20 Minutes by Nicholas Brown Dec 25 2012 Source: Freep.com
[image http://c1cleantechnicacom.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/files/2012/12/Chevy-Spark-EV.jpg Chevy Spark electric car ] Electric vehicle charge time may appear to be primarily a convenience issue, but fast charging makes a tremendous difference where practicality is concerned. The Chevy Spark is reportedly being offered with a fast-charging option that will charge the vehicle in 20 minutes. Relatively fast charge times of 20 minutes mean that it is more feasible to recharge your electric vehicle in public if you are almost out of range. The Chevy Spark electric vehicle can apparently charge to 80% of its capacity in 20 minutes with the fast-charging capability. Using a standard 240 volt outlet, it takes 7 hours. When shopping for an electric vehicle, one of my priorities would be charge time, because it dictates whether or not you can travel long distances. The Chevy Spark is $25,000 without tax credits. In the U.S, it will only be available in two states: California and Oregon. It will also be available in Europe, South Korea, and Canada. The Chevy Spark will also be equipped with the Apple Siri agent to assist the driver so they don’t have to look at the screen as often. This is a major improvement from GM. Battery charge times have been decreasing. Many chargers are still designed for slow charging — as the fast-charging ones are larger, more powerful, and more expensive — but the ability of batteries themselves to charge faster has improved quite a bit. It is now common for batteries to be capable of charging in less than an hour using the correct chargers. [© 2012 cleantechnica.com ] ... http://www.freep.com/article/20121127/BUSINESS01/311270051 Chevy Spark electric vehicle to offer Apple's Siri, fast recharging By Alisa Priddle Nov 27 2012 ... Chevrolet is offering a way to recharge the new electric Spark in 20 minutes ... The Spark can be charged in about seven hours with a 240-volt outlet. But the car has an optional fast-charging capability to reach 80% of battery charge in 20 minutes -- a first for an electric vehicle in North America ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only posts: EVLN: Fiat 500e Is The First EV To Feature The Bosch Battery Pack EVLN: Only electric cars to escape London's congestion charge EVLN: pih Caddy to be Volt’s luxe cousin EVLN: Outlander pih has an off-road torque edge + EVLN: iMiev drive, men will feel emasculated & women defeminized {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Spark-s-optional-L3-20-Minute-Charge-ability-tp4660241.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
