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I'll just take one that charges at ridiculous speeds and can't burn my house down.

I wish BYD could bring their new infra to the US - it looks pretty ::ahem:: solid!

Lithium Titanate batteries can do this now, somewhat. I have some 35 Ah batteries that claim they can charge in 9 minutes (compared to traditional Lithium Ion, that would take hours).

I don't have a charger that can supply the necessary 350 Amps though.

They also have ridiculous amount of charge cycles. 10x higher than regular Lithium Ion IIRC.

They are more expensive and are larger and heavier for the same stored energy though.

And, while they CAN still catch fire, they are apparently way harder to do so.

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