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Are there any vehicles on the road that can actually charge at 400kW?

The chargers they showed at their first Mercedes location in Atlanta are 400kw split between 2 units. So 200kw each for 2 cars that can handle it, and balanced between the 2. Eg if one car only needs 100kw, the other can pull up to 300kw

I’ve seen video of the Cybertruck getting more than 330kw, and the Lotus cars seem to charge at high rates too. But 200kw each is a fine charge whilst getting a coffee

The question is how reliable they can be - if a charger is broken, it doesn’t matter what the numbers on the label say

The 2024 Zeekr 001 can hit a peak of 546 kW:

https://carnewschina.com/2024/04/02/zeekr-001-fastest-chargi...

hyundai/kia e-GMP platforms have a 350kW rated cars

It doesn’t, Hyundai just likes to say “when using a 350 kW charger” in their marketing to imply that it does.

Their actual peak charge rate is something like 235 kW which is still nothing to sneeze at.

Maybe not today, but what about tomorrow?

They're looking ahead to the solid state battery era.

Solid state batteries are now real enough that you can buy them at Home Depot.[1]

[1] https://www.homedepot.com/p/YOSHINO-Solid-State-Portable-Pow...

Good question. Neither Rivian’s truck nor Cybertruck can.

The Rivians peak at 220kw.

Audi/Porsche EVs can do 350kw at peak, so almost!

I don't think those actually hit 350 kW; they generally top out in the 200s even though the plug might say 350 on it.

The 2025 model year Porsche Taycans can do 320 kW peak charge rate:

https://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/taycan

https://youtu.be/0ZrEhUl5syE?t=2088

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