Ford has applied for a patent for a new charging cable that can speed up the charging of electric cars. The charging cable was developed together with the American Purdue University.
Temperature not only plays a major factor in the capacity of battery packs, but also in the speed at which charging can take place. Faster charging means more current, higher voltage and therefore more heat. Ford has applied for a patent for a charging cable developed together with researchers from the American Purdue University that is cooled in a more effective way so that – in theory – faster charging can take place.
The new charging cable uses liquid cooling where the liquid is converted to vapor allowing more heat to be absorbed than conventional liquid-cooled cables, Ford said. Ford says future charging stations could become more powerful than the strongest systems currently in use thanks to this technology. Of course, the electric car must also be able to handle the charging capacities. Ford describes an ‘ideal situation’ in which fully charging an electric car takes as long as filling a car with a petrol or diesel engine.
It will be a while before we will see anything from Ford’s new charging cable. Ford and Purdue University will be busy testing for at least the next two years.
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