Tesla Motors Level 3 Charging

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The time required to charge an electric car, even at Level 3 charging, is far from ideal as it ranges between 30 mins- 45 mins to go from 0% to 80%. Hypothetically, it would be better to switch out the dead battery for one that is fully charged. The car company, Tesla Motors, has already introduced battery swapping technology for the Model X and Model S cars. The average time to swap batteries would take approximately only a minute and a half which is not only a significant difference in time from level 3 charging but also twice as fast as it would take at a regular gas station. It is also important to note that with the battery swap, that car batteries would be at 100% compared to 80% from a charging station. Unfortunately, this alternative