Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 7, 2010 @03:30PM from the fast-as-lightning dept.

thecarchik writes "Japanese based JFE Engineering has released its ultra-fast charge station. Designed to comply with the CHAdeMo standard developed by Tokyo Electric Power Company, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Toyota, the system is capable of charging a 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev from empty to 50% full in just three minutes. Even just three minutes plugged into the fast-charge station was enough to enable a standard 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev to travel a further 50 miles before further charging was required."

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Re:Some quick math says... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-07 15:43 · Score: 5, Informative

350*70=24.5 kW, not 240
Re:Some quick math says... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-07 16:06 · Score: 5, Informative

...16kWh battery pack of the Mitsubishi i-Miev...

...charging a 2011 Mistubishi i-Miev from empty to 50% full in just three minutes
50% of 16kWh is 28800000J. 28800000J divided by 180 seconds (3 minutes) is 160000 J/s, or 160kW.