WattStation is the new electric car charging station that was announced by General Electric. The time is reduced by two thirds that it takes to charge a 24 kWh battery. For home and commercial use the WattStation could be used for.
Technology for the WattStation
Smart-grid technology is used with the WattStation charging unit. Extra energy is delivered to areas of high demand with the two way digital control intelligent grid has. Combined with superconductive transmission lines, the smart-grid tech can pull the extra energy required to charge batteries quickly.
WattStation – is it really going to work?
. More electric cars take twelve to eighteen hours to charge. Although the time is slowly being reduced, electric car batteries still take twelve hours at the very least to charge.
Electric car battery issues
The biggest challenge with most electric cars is simple – getting enough power to run the car takes a while. No matter what the battery is made with, it still will take time to charge. Electric transmission systems and lines can only deliver so much power at once. This issue is supposedly fixed by WattStation.
To buyers want WattStation?
Electric cars are always something that car makers have had problems with. Only certain individuals are likely to be interested electric cars even though the market is getting larger. Because of the long battery charging times and battery technology that is so uncertain, most would rather just stick with the old fashioned gas vehicle. GE hopes that, combined with new cars and better battery technology, the WattStation will encourage buyers to make the leap to electric.
