Electric car charging in just 5 minutes achieved with unprecedented NASA tech

> An experimental cooling technique developed by Nasa engineers for use on the International Space Station has been adapted [by a team from Purdue University in the US, sponsored by Nasa’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division] for electric cars to massively reduce the time it takes to charge their batteries [...] The heat generated from charging powerful lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles means that chargers are currently limited to around 30 amperes for at-home chargers, and up to 350 amperes for “fast charging” stations [...] The new technique, known as “subcooled flow boiling”, is capable of delivering 4.6 times the current of the fastest available electric car chargers on the market, which would allow charge times of less than five minutes

To achieve the milestone, the researchers at Purdue University developed a prototype charging cable which could provide 2,400 amperes of charge.

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Seems "doable", just not "around the corner". I do not know (my preparation is rusty in the area) if infrastructurally that amperage is not a problem, but special equipment is needed and costs should be understood.

I would like to know whether it wears out the battery faster, like all the other fast charging methods.

If so, it's a no go.

Yet again the answer lies in the public sector