I guess you’re right. My Hyundai just charges faster than most.
Also contributing to the experience is that I pretty much never need to charge 10 to 80%. I haven’t taken it on a 7+ hour drive yet where I’d need that. For 5 hours I can generally just stop for ten minutes and that’s enough. So these 30 minute stops sound weird to me.
I think it’s newer EVs charge faster. Fast charging was originally a premium feature in smartphones. Then they all did it. Then it came out that iPhones (and some Android phones) charged faster with an iPad (better) charger. Then year after year they got faster and faster.
Faster charging can degrade batteries faster, but also newer batteries guard against it better.
The newer the battery/charging tech, the better things are.
I guess you’re right. My Hyundai just charges faster than most.
Also contributing to the experience is that I pretty much never need to charge 10 to 80%. I haven’t taken it on a 7+ hour drive yet where I’d need that. For 5 hours I can generally just stop for ten minutes and that’s enough. So these 30 minute stops sound weird to me.
I think it’s newer EVs charge faster. Fast charging was originally a premium feature in smartphones. Then they all did it. Then it came out that iPhones (and some Android phones) charged faster with an iPad (better) charger. Then year after year they got faster and faster.
Faster charging can degrade batteries faster, but also newer batteries guard against it better.
The newer the battery/charging tech, the better things are.