Hyper-Fast Charging

Hyper-Fast Charging. What is it? How Fast is Hyper-Fast Charging? Can my vehicle Hyper-Fast Charge? What happens if I plug into a Hyper-Fast Charging Station, but my vehicle can NOT Hyper-Fast Charge?

All of these questions are answered in the following page.

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Hyper-Fast Charging is a level above D/C Fast Charging. Hyper-Fast Charging will charge your vehicle in ~20 minutes.

To use an anecdote on Hyper-Fast Charging. I've seen someone Hyper-Fast Charge their vehicle from 55% battery capacity to 80% in 10 minutes. That's Fast. That's Hyper-Fast!!!

What is Hyper-Fast Charging?

Hyper-Fast Charging will charge your vehicle in ~20 minutes.

Hyper-Fast Charging is done at special charging stations known as Hyper-Fast Charging Stations. Hyper-Fast Charging stations will look like a regular D/C Fast Charging station, except it will have a higher power output. A regular D/C Fast Charging Station will have a 150kW power output. A Hyper-Fast Charging Station will have a 350kW Output. The Hyper-Fast Charging Station should* also be labelled as a Hyper-Fast Charging Station. Tesla's Hyper-Fast Charging stations are labelled as "SuperChargers".

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Hyper-Fast Charging is done with a CCS Plug or a Tesla Plug.

CCS Plug

Tesla Plug

Hyper-Fast Charging depends not only on the amount of power the Charging station can give, but also the amount of power that the vehicle can receive.

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D/C Fast Charging will charge your car ~ 1 hour.

Hyper-Fast Charging is called Level 4 Charging.

Hyper-Fast Charging will charge your vehicle in ~ 20 minutes.

Hyper-Fast Charging uses direct current and a higher amount of power, 350kW.

Level 4 Charging is Hyper-Fast Charging. It will charge your car in ~ 20 minutes.

Hyper-Fast Charging is a step above D/C Fast Charging.

Level 3 Charging is D/C Fast Charging. It will charge your car in ~ 1 hour.

Level 2 Charging is A/C Slow Charging. It will charge your car in ~ 8 hours.

Level 1 Charging is Trickle Charging. It will charge your car in ~ 16 hours.

Level 4 Charging is Hyper-Fast Charging.

D/C Fast Charging uses direct current and a lower amount of power, 150kW.

Hyper-Fast Charging is Level 4 Charging whereas D/C Fast Charging is Level 3 Charging.

Can My Vehicle Hyper-Fast Charge? List of Vehicles that can Hyper-Fast Charge. Electric Vehicles Electric Cars EV Car Guide

Hyper-Fast Charging was first introduced into the market in 2020. Therefore, if your vehicle is a model year 2019 or older, then your vehicle is NOT CAPABLE OF HYPER-FAST CHARGING. Whether your vehicle is capable of Hyper-Fast Charging primarily depends upon the year of the vehicle.

Most* Vehicles model year 2020 or newer are be capable of Hyper-Fast Charging. However, some are not. Whether your vehicle is capable of Hyper-Fast Charging also depends upon the Make and Model of your vehicle.

To simplify things I made a list of Electric Vehicles that are capable of Hyper-Fast Charging:

Can My Electric Vehicle Hyper-Fast Charge?

2022, 2023 Audi e-tron GT
2022,2023 BMW i4
2022, 2023 BMW iX
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV
2023 Chevrolet Silverado EV
2022, 2023 Ford F150 Lightning EV
2022, 2023 Ford Mach-e
2023 Genesis GV60
2023 Genesis Electrified G80
2023 Genesis Electrified GV70
2022, 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5
2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6
2022, 2023 Kia EV6
2022, 2023 Lucid Air
2023 Mercedes Benz EQS
2023 Mercedes Benz EQS SUV
2021, 2022, 2023 Polestar 2
2023 Polestar 3
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Porsche Taycan
2022, 2023 Rivian R1S
2022, 2023 Rivian R1T
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tesla Model 3
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tesla Model S
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tesla Model X
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tesla Model Y

All of the above listed vehicles are capable of Hyper-Fast Charging.

What if my vehicle is NOT Hyper-Fast Charging Capable? Electric Vehicles Electric Cars EV Car Guide

If you use a Hyper-Fast Charging Station, and your vehicle is NOT Hyper-Fast Charging capable, then it will behave like a D/C Fast Charge.

Hyper-Fast Charge depends not only on the amount of power (350kW) that the charging station can give, but it also depends upon the amount of power that your vehicle can receive.

Your vehicle will only receive the maximum power that the vehicle is capable of receiving. You may notice that you get slightly more kW, more power at a Hyper-Fast Charging station compared to a D/C Fast Charging Station. I've noticed my vehicle will get 50kW or 52kW if I use a Hyper-Fast Charging station compared to 36kW at a D/C Fast Charging Station. (The amount of power you receive will depend upon your vehicle Make, Model and battery health).

If you plug into a Hyper-Fast Charging Station but your Vehicle is NOT capable of Hyper-Fast Charging, your vehicle will still behave as if it were D/C Fast Charging. Basically, it will behave as if it were D/C Fast Charging (while receiving a slightly amount of power) and it will still take ~ 1 hour to charge your vehicle.

Basically, you're vehicle will behave as if it were D/C Fast Charging.

What happens if I plug into a Hyper-Fast Charging Station, but my vehicle is NOT capable of Hyper-Fast Charging?

Happy Hyper-Fast Charging EVeryone!!!