Why charging your EV goes much faster than you think
Many South Africans considering an EV stress about charging times. They still see them as a disruption rather than a quick stop at a filling station. But that is changing. In August, Zero Carbon Charge announced it would double the charging capacity at its two hubs on the N3, taking each from 360kW to as much as 720kW. The hubs had been open for three months. The upgrade was brought forward because more drivers were using them than the company had planned for. For several years the conversation about electric vehicles in South Africa has circled the same worry, whether the infrastructure would arrive. It is arriving and in places it is being outpaced. Which makes the practical question what you do with the half hour? A typical stop on a fast public charger runs to roughly half an hour, depending on the car. That is a grocery shop. A coffee with someone you have been meaning to see. A school pickup, or the emails you were going to answer in the queue anyway. On the N3 hubs it is...