{"id":15470,"date":"2023-09-21T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=15470"},"modified":"2023-11-23T18:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:09:59","password":"","slug":"are-fast-chargers-harmful-to-an-evs-battery","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/docs\/are-fast-chargers-harmful-to-an-evs-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Are fast chargers harmful to an EV&#8217;s battery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DC fast charging enables EVs to be charged quickly. When using a fast charger some EVs can receive up to 300 kilometres of range in just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Studies of real-world EV usage to date suggests that fast-charging an EV can have a greater impact on battery life if the vehicle is not equipped with an active thermal management system. Most new EVs are equipped with active thermal management of the battery (heating\/cooling), and as a result, fast charging is expected to have a relatively small impact on usable battery life for normal driving. The exception to this could be high mileage vehicles that are fast-charged multiple times, day after day; where it is reasonable to expect a higher wear on the battery; similar to how conventional vehicles used for these purposes experience higher wear on combustion engines and other components.<\/p>\n<p>Given every different EV has different batteries, it is important to check with the manufacturer what their recommendations are for charging.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more on real-world battery degradation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geotab.com\/blog\/ev-battery-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC fast charging enables EVs to be charged quickly. When using a fast charger some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[103,107],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15470","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-batteryvehicleperformance","doc_category-rangecharging"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-05","word_count":170,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"1","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Bailey Sievewright","author_nicename":"bailey","author_url":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/author\/bailey\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Battery &amp; Vehicle Performance","term_url":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/docs-category\/batteryvehicleperformance\/"},{"term_name":"Range &amp; Charging","term_url":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/docs-category\/rangecharging\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15470"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17204,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15470\/revisions\/17204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=15470"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=15470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}