# Car battery that is recharged in minutes

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/car-battery-that-is-recharged-in-minutes/27006>\
**Category:** Tomorrow's EV\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/car-battery-that-is-recharged-in-minutes/27006 "2023-10-02T18:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![shochme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@shochme](https://community.electricforum.com/u/shochme)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/car-battery-that-is-recharged-in-minutes/27006/1 "2023-10-02T18:38:19Z")

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Don’t recharge just replace

When you go to fill your tank with gas, it may take 5 minutes.

To recharge your EV it takes maybe an hour while you sit and wait.

There is a much faster way to charge your EV, instead of sitting and waiting, why not just exchange your discharged battery with a charged one?

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**Author:** ![ElectroSceptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@ElectroSceptic](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ElectroSceptic)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/car-battery-that-is-recharged-in-minutes/27006/2 "2023-12-21T10:10:32Z")

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In theory a good idea. Unfortunately there is no standard method for fitting batteries to EVs, every manufacturer is different, Also, batteries are very heavy and need special equipment to be moved around. Batteries lose capacity with time and usage, even excessive rapid charging can damage them. So you could be exchanging new batteries with a large charge capacity for old batteries with only 50% capacity. Not practical I`m afraid.