Charging

How long does it take to rapid-charge from 20% to 80%?

Short answer

Roughly the battery energy added divided by the car's real DC charging speed, bigger, faster-charging cars do it in well under an hour.

Full answer

Rapid charging is quoted 20→80% because that's the fast part of the curve; beyond 80% the car deliberately slows to protect the battery.

The time is essentially the energy you're adding divided by the car's real DC power. A car that pulls a genuine 75 kW will add a 40 kWh top-up faster than one limited to 46 kW. Our journey model approximates the DC curve as a flat fraction of each car's peak rate, deliberately conservative rather than quoting the optimistic peak.

Use the journey twin on any car page to see how many charging stops a specific trip needs and roughly how long they'd take. The approximation is described on the methodology page.

Every figure in this answer is computed by the physics model. See how it works