Already we are hearing that there are potential problems with electric batteries.
Nissan is already saying that if you use a Level 3 charger you could and likely will reduce the life of the batteries.
So if I use a trickle charger level 1 it will take almost 20 hours to charge. If I use a level 2 it can take about 7 hours. If I use a level 3 charger it will take about 30 minutes, but my battery life will be reduced.
Somehow I see something wrong with this picture and that we should be well past this by now. I am driving around with 600 lbs of batteries that I can’t rapid charge with a level 3 charger without drastically reducing /impacting the life of the batteries?
A key element to the success of electric car adoption is that we need to be able to travel and charge our electric cars.
Car and Driver December 2010 talks of these issues.
Nissan should respond to these concerns.
Have you seen the ads from GE on their level 2 electric battery charger?
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