A team of US researchers said that they have designed superfast charging methods tailored to power different types of electric vehicle batteries in 10 minutes or less without harm.
Charging the lithium-ion batteries that fuel electric vehicles is a delicate balancing act.
One solution is to tailor the charging protocol in a way that optimises speed while avoiding damage for the many different types of battery designs currently used in vehicles.
Eric Dufek, department manager for the Energy Storage and Electric Transportation Department at Idaho National Laboratory in the US, and his research team reported the use of machine learning techniques that incorporate charging data to create unique charging protocols.
