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From my perspective, these ultra high speed charging solutions are not the right way forward. We definitely won't manage to upgrade our grids in a way that such insane charging speeds are possible for the masses. You might have some very few high speed chargers for niche use cases but there's simply not enough energy production / storage capabilities to allow for that for a bigger number of people.
Energy providers are investing lots of money to make their grids smarter and reduce peaks in production and consumption. Spontaneously adding or removing a load of 1.6 megawatts is exactly the opposite and would be only for one (!!!) single charging port. If we wanted to install 50 of these chargers we are talking about 80 MW which already needs a small power plant on its own.
We should find solutions to allow slow charging as often as possible while minimizing inconvenience. I.e. charging while sleeping, at work, while shopping, when doing sports etc.
Fast charging should be used only for long distance travel and also there we should limit it to a reasonable speed. And from my perspective the current cars (150 kW+) are completely fine already also If that involves a small (!!!) break every 400 km or so.