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Transportation · Recorded milestone

EV fast charging

Recorded year2009

Tokyo Electric Power's CHAdeMO chargers, then Tesla's Superchargers from 2012, refill an electric car's battery in well under an hour.

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Built on

Power transistors (IGBT)Recorded · 1983enables
Modern electric carRecorded · 2008enables

Led to

Cars that power the gridRecorded · 2024enables
EVs dominate new car salesForecast · ~2035enables
Cars that charge in secondsForecast · ~2061enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.