Charging your car in a coffee break

This is probably the dream of any EV driver right now, as even the fastest charging cars from the likes of Tesla can take a number of minutes to top up the batteries.

However, Israel-based battery technology company StoreDot managed to develop one of the fastest EV charging technologies that still enables batteries to charge for over 1.000 cycles with normal wear.

According to company officials, the cells can charge an equivalent of around 160 kilometers of range in five minutes, which translates in a 10 to 80% charge happening in just ten minutes.

The cells are also fairly durable, as they were charged and discharged 1.000 times before the battery health dropped to 80%.

Learn more about StoreDot and the company's battery-charging tech from our full article.

Improving charging speed with the help of AI

It seems that nowadays AI is being thrown into the conversation all over the place in the world of tech, but sometimes, it really makes a difference.

A team of researchers at Idaho National Laboratory might have designed a new way to charge vehicles rapidly, even in 10 minutes or less without the risk of damaging them, using artificial intelligence.

By using machine learning, which is able to understand the charging limits of a certain vehicle, the new technique basically creates uniquely tailored charging protocols for each EV, allowing it to safely charge at its maximum potential speed.

This could be pretty big news for carmakers, but also for EV owners, as they will be benefiting from faster and safer charging out of the box and what's better is that the tech can be improved as time goes by.

Click here to find out more about how AI can be a game changer when it comes to charging your EV.

In the future you can forget the cables

And I'm not only talking about solar panels, which is already implemented in some EVs, but actual wireless charging, similar to your smartphone.

WiTricity is one of the companies that tries to make that happen, as it was able to secure 63 million dollars-worth of funding from Siemens, among others.

There are some big names in the industry working on EV wireless charging, as well, such as Stellantis, which is currently testing the technology.

EV wireless charging can be hugely beneficial especially in the cities, in spots such as public parking spots or even at stoplights.

As the technology has been proven to work, it is not a question of if, but rather when your car will be magically juice up while you wait for the green light.

Learn more about how WiTricity can help the automotive industry in moving forward with EV charging.