One of the problems with electric cars is that recharging their batteries can take a long time. Think of this. If your electric car had a range of 250 miles with a 12 hour recharge, then it would take at least 36 hours of charging to drive from New York to Florida. Can you see how that would be a problem?

There is a fix on the way (sort of). At MIT they are working on a fast charging battery pack.

In order to power the car’s 250 horsepower, 187 kilowatt electric motor and give it similar performance to a gasoline engine, the team needs to wire a battery pack that includes 7,905 of the A123 cells. In order to rapidly recharge those batteries, they’ll need 350 kilowatts. “That’s enough power to blow the fuses on 20 residential homes at once … so we’ll be hooking up directly to MIT’s power plant to get that kind of power,” (LINK)

When you are driving down I-95 for the long awaited spring vacation, instead of looking for the next gas station, keep your eyes peeled for the next power plant.

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