"Hyundai says it's working to make EV charging as fast as filling up a gas cartargeting about 3 minutes. The aim is partly to ease range anxiety, especially for drivers who can't charge at home. To reach that speed, Hyundai is developing 400 kW charging tech and working on major advances in battery tech without just increasing battery size. When you buy a modern Hyundai electric vehicle, you're already getting a car with some of the fastest DC charging out there."
"A Hyundai Ioniq 5 (and its various Kia cousins) all use an 800-volt electrical architecture, so on a fast enough charger, they can juice from 10% to 80% in well under 20 minutes. Often, those speeds are the purview of much more expensive EVs. But Hyundai says it's not enough. Not when its EVs max out around 225 kilowatts and more options are coming to market with 400 kW speeds, and rivals in China are aiming for two and three times that."
"The expectation from customers is that it will take three minutes to fill a car, the same as it does with an internal-combustion engine, Johnson told Auto Express. It's maybe perception rather than reality, but they worry about range anxiety and whether they will suddenly need to drive 200 miles. The goal is to get to the same speed as ICE."
Hyundai targets roughly three-minute EV charging to match the convenience of gasoline refueling and to ease range anxiety for drivers without home charging. The company is developing 400 kW charging technology and pursuing major battery technology advances rather than simply increasing battery size. Current Hyundai and Kia models use an 800-volt electrical architecture that enables 10%–80% charging in well under 20 minutes on sufficiently powerful chargers. Hyundai's EVs currently peak near 225 kW while competitors offer 400 kW and Chinese rivals pursue even higher speeds, making faster charging a competitive priority.
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