Volvo Wants to Cut EV Recharging Times by 30 Percent

Volvo aims to offer an all-electric range by 2030. To win over consumers, the company wants to be able to make them an offer they can’t refuse: significantly reduced recharging time. 

For many potential EV buyers, charging times remain a hurdle. We know those times will improve in the coming years, but for some, right now they’re still too long. 

The Swedish automaker is investing in London-based Breathe Battery Technologies (BBT) to help make that concern go away.

BBT has developed battery management software that it claims can reduce the recharging time of an electric-vehicle battery by 15-30 percent (for the common measure of how long it takes to go from 10 to 80 percent).

The fledgling company’s software uses adaptive charging, which adjusts charging current in real time and increases recharging speed, explains Automotive News, which reports the news. 

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