GBatteries (YC W14) let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump
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Re: GBatteries (YC W14) let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump
#2This could definitely revolutionize the electric car market by removing one of the main complaints, slow charge time. The other pending issues for even greater mass adoption are availability of charging stations & range. If charge time decreases, the turnover of cars at stations could dramatically increase thereby improving the economics of charging stations. We could see more charging stations then and more quickly remove these barriers.
Has this AI approach been used in other charging applications? Curious to hear more details on what's going on behind the scenes.
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#3Do people in the US take 15m to visit the pump?
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#5This could definitely revolutionize the electric car market by removing one of the main complaints, slow charge time. The other pending issues for even greater mass adoption are availability of charging stations & range. If charge time decreases, the turnover of cars at stations could dramatically increase thereby improving the economics of charging stations. We could see more charging stations then and more quickly…
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#6Do people in the US take 15m to visit the pump?
No, it's usually more like 5 minutes
Re: GBatteries (YC W14) let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump
#7Chargers already pay attention to charging curves and temperature. Is there really much room for safely charging existing batteries faster?
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#8The system uses AI to optimize the charging systems in electric cars.
Here's one thing that stinks about current/last gen electric cars. I drove with my wife from my apartment in Nob Hill to Santa Cruz, using up about 92% of my range. I was able to find a charger and get fully recharged for my trip back. All of that is fine. What was disturbing, was that while I was climbing those initial hills out of Santa Cruz, my range figure dipped way below my miles to go figure. As I left behind that initial climb, my range figure then went comfortably above my miles to go. This is one place where some judicious AI could help. (Along with integration with GPS/Maps and destination information. I should also update my electric car to technology ca. 2019.)
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#9There is a fix for slow charging that is literally as fast as filling a tank but nobody wants to use it. (I assume it is the same reason that there are pages and pages of battery improvements that never make it to market.)
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#10That sounds like a cry to be bought by the highest bidder. Just of the shelf hardware and some pixie dust, err, "AI". Sure thing they'll find some car company that will sink some millions into their company.