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kent beuchert (not verified)    January 22, 2019 - 10:40AM

Lots of problems with this article. Porsche has already demonstrated 350KW charging with theTaycan. And recently BMW et all demoed a 450KW charging. Also, GM is working for a 500KW charging a capability in a year or so.
GM and VW Group EV engineers probably know about 1000 times more than this rather ignorant article writer. They are on the hook for any engineering failures, so it's hard to swallow the idiotic notion that they will install sure-to-fail engineering technology on something as expensive as a battery pack. Get in touch with the real world, fella. And, contrary to the writer's Land of Oz, recharging at a gas station seldom involves freezing temperatures and I don't inhale any gas fumes at my gas station - the people there shut off their engines when they refuel. The biggest idiocy displayed here is the notion that DC fast charging is the common method. It is for those who cannot charge at home, but everyone else would be pretty stupid to pay the prices for DC fast charges unless they are in a bind. Electric car owners are greedy folks - they accept $7500 and more from their neighbors to subsidize their vehicles, which provide very little benefit to the environment. They also are tax evaders - they do not pay road taxes which constitute a very significant portion of the price of gasoline. Their extremely heavy electric cars do far more damage to our roads than gas powered cars can ever do. Tesla recently raised their Supercharger rates an astounding 33%, having raised them less than 12 months ago. Chances are that recharging your car at a Supercharger will cost you more than fueling an equivalent gas powered car. If the road tax evaders driving their EVS are forced to pay what they owe in road taxes, it would never be cheaper to fuel an EV if using DC fast public chargers.

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