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The quest for faster EV charging reached another milestone this month as Israeli battery maker StoreDot demonstrated its silicon-dominant EV battery technology in a prototype Polestar electric car. In the demonstration, the company was able to reach sustained charging rates of over 310 kW and peak charging rates of 370 kW. This allowed them to charge the prototype Polestar 5’s 77 kWh battery from 10% to 82% in just 10 minutes.
The fully-driveable Polestar 5 prototype was fitted with StoreDot’s high-energy XFC (eXtreme Fast Charging) cells. All cell parameters including temperature, voltage, and charge capacity were monitored throughout the exercise, with the battery pack never exceeding the target operating temperature set by engineers of both the StoreDot and Polestar teams. According…
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