You teased a Tesla Connector in one of your Videos, are you trying to work out a deal with Tesla? If you are using CCS what charging speed will you support? It better be at least 150KW and preferably higher. GM is configuring the Hummer's battery pack so that the batteries can be charged in series to give it 800V charging and then operated in parallel at 400V, that's a mice approach. The key parameter is that a 20-80% charge time should take no more than 20 minutes.
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For me, 50kW DC fast charge is fine for the Aptera, even if higher charge speed would be better.
But I live in France and there is a big drawback to have a slow charging car in France. Most fast charger companies do not register themself as energy provider. They are then not allowed to sell electricity and then can not sell kWh.
They then sell a charge service and will bill you per minute !! So the slower your car will charge, the more expensive it will be.
My Ioniq charges at 70kW and is one of the most efficient car today. But if I use a fast charger in France, it will be more expensive than gasoline.
Public fast and slow chargers are very expensive. Fortunately, we can charge at home most of the time, and with the Aptera, it will be a little bit cheaper to travel long distances, even with only 50kW charging rate.