Polestar Recharges EV Prototype From 10 to 80 percent in 10 Minutes

•    Polestar says it has been able to recharge a Polestar 5 prototype from 10 to 80 percent in just 10 minutes.

The recharging speeds of EV batteries is one of the three hottest subjects when it comes to electric vehicles, alongside range and cost. The day it becomes possible to recover a 400 km range as quickly as it takes to fill up a tank of gas, those complaints about wasting time sitting around at a charging station will fade away.

It's only a matter of time before that becomes a reality, and this week Polestar took another step towards that reality by achieving a recharge of an EV’s battery pack from 10 to 80 percent in just 10 minutes.

Until now, the best times announced were 18 minutes.

Polestar teamed up with Israeli start-up StoreDot to build an electric prototype capable of achieving the 10-minute trick. The automaker points out it achieved the fast charging time using a real car rather than in the laboratory.

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