Do the superchargers have a detremental effect on the batteries? I would have thought rapid charging would lead to greater wear than a slow steady charge. Anyone know?
110v is just woefully inadequate for charging a pack that large.
The most damaging things you can do to the batteries is keeping them 100% fully charged or completely discharging them.
If they added another order of magnitude or two to that charge rate, then it would be impressive.
Another way to think of it is that mpg equivalent of evs is around 90-100 mpg. The model S is a huge heavy car, and look how far it can go on 85kwh.